Chapter 2 Too Much Confusion

*Rima's POV*

The two of us were still falling. Our hair was everywhere moving in every direction. I held on to Nagihiko's shirt for dear life. He held me close to him. It may be life or death. I closed my eyes. Suddenly I didn't feel the air pushing agasint me. I was still, not moving at all. I opened my eyes. I was in my room. Was it all a dream?

"You'll see that your tradegy is a blessing in disguise."
"You'll see that your tradegy is a blessing in disguise."
"You'll see that your tradegy is a blessing in disguise."

I guess it was just a dream, but those words kept ringing in my ears. I looked around my room and noticed a few different things. I had my usual posters of comedians and gag manga but I had a poster on my wall that said "DANCE" in big letter with a girl dancing on it. When did I get that.

"Good morning Rima," I heard the little voice of my chara. I turned to her and saw her coming out of her egg. Her egg was on a little pillow on a tiny pedestal. She stretched and did a few acrobatic tricks in the air. She then pretended to fall. I couldn't help but giggle at her little joke. She laughed with me.

"Rima!" my mom called from downstairs. Was I in trouble? She didn't seem upset.

"Coming," I called as I got up and ran down the stairs. The smell of delicious food was roaming the air. Did mom make breakfest? She was always in a hurry to get to work and always gave me cereal or a breakfest bar. I walked into the kitchen to see her making food.

"Rima, we will have a guest this morning. Go upstairs and get dressed into your new school uniform," she said in a cheery voice. I looked at her confused.

"Rima, I've already told you. You are transferring into Seiyo Academy today," she explained as she saw my confused face. What did she mean? Tranferring into Seiyo? I've gone to that school since fifth grade. Maybe I was still in a dream. I guess I should play along.

"I rememeber now mom. I'll go get ready," I said as I gave her a smile. She smiled at me then continued cooking. I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Oh no! This is where my dream will turn into a nightmare. My father came down. His hair a tad bit messy since he just woke up. He walked over to us.

"How are my favorite girls doing?" he said as he hugged me and then kissed mom. What was going on? They would start yelling at each other by now. I'm not complaining but I'm confused. My dad wrapped his arms around her and started to kiss her neck.

"Dear, not in front of Rima," mom said. She used to say that all the time when they where fighting. This time it had another meeting. I should keep playing along while it's still good.

"I'll go get dressed," I told them then went upstairs. I looked for Kusukusu hoping she had an answer. Where was she? I looked around my room and couldn't find her. Maybe she went to a chara meeting. Pushing that aside I looked in my closet for my uniform. The high school uniforms are just like elementary uniforms except the boys are green and the girls are purple. I remember purplehead had constantly made comments saying that I looked good with purple. He never calls me cute since he's the only one that knows I hate that word.

Speaking of him, why was he in my dream, or my first dream since I'm in my second dream right now. Out of curiosity I pinched myself and, to my surprise, it hurt. I wasn't dreaming. What is going on? I guess playing along till I figure out what's going on is my best move. I sighed and got dressed and ready for the day.

*Nagi's POV*

I stood up as I woke up with a shock. One second I was falling down the well hold ing Rima close and the next I'm in my bed. It was just a dream. I gave out a sigh of relief.

"Yo Nagi! What's on your mind man?" Rhythm said as he came out of his egg that was next to Temari's on a little pillow big enough for both of them.

"Just a dream," I assured him as I got up. He went back in his egg to get a bit more sleep. I quickly got dressed into my school uniform. Green wasn't really my color but there's nothing I could do about it. I'm just glad I don't have to wear a skirt anymore. I grabbed my bag then looked at my chara's eggs.

"Come on guys. It's time to go," I said. Rhythm popped out of his egg and floated over to me. Temari hasn't come out of her's yet. Rhythm and I exchanged glances then looked back at her egg. Why wasn't she coming out?

"Yo Temari! You can get your beauty sleep later," Rhythm teased. The pink egg didn't move. I had a feeling that she wasn't just catching up on her beauty sleep. Temari went back in her egg. Was I wavering? I was excellent at dance practice last night. I felt like I was improving greatly. Where did I go wrong?

"Is she-" Rhythm began but couldn't finish. I picked up Temari's egg. It was warm but I knew she wasn't coming out. I put her egg in my bag and walked to my mother's room, where I knew she would be. I knocked twice then slid the paper door open.

"I'm heading to school. Goodbye mother, Baaya," I said as I popped my head in. My mother looked at me and smiled. I noticed she was still in bed and she was by herself.

"Baaya left for a bit to do an errand for me. Your mother is a bit under the weather," she informed me. I walked in and felt her head. She had a slight fever.

"Is there anything I can do?" I asked her. She smiled at me and placed a hand on my shoulder. She then grabbed a book that was on her nightstand. I noticed it was a manga. I didn't know she read things like that. I then noticed two characters doing the Bala-Balance pose RIma loved so much.

"Can you please return this to Rima-chan? She left it here after practice. She's transferring into your school today," she said. There were so many confusing things about that sentence. I didn't know my mother knew Rima-chan. I also didn't know that she came to my house or practice. The only friend that I had over was Amu-chan, Hotori-kun, and Souma-kun. Amu-chan came when I was Nadeshiko. Also what did my mom mean when she said Rima-chan was transferring? She's gone to Seiyo since fifth grade I think. I decided to go along with my mother.

"Alright mother," I said as I took the gag manga. She smiled at me, kissed my forehead, and shoo-ed me out. I looked at the manga in my hands. Was this a dream? I pinched myself to find out that this wasn't a dream. What was going on then?

*Rima's POV*

I walked to school by myself. An elderly woman came to visit the house. My mother called her Baaya with no honorific so my mom must be close to this woman. I didn't have time to talk to her since I had to leave for school. My house wasn't the closest to the school but it was still a walking distance. I also noticed that I wasn't tired from walking to the school. Maybe I was more athletic, or at least used to walking this far.

"Ran! Miki! Su! Dia!" Kusukusu cheered as she saw the pinkette and her charas ahead of us. The charas looked around and found Kusukusu and me.

"Another chara!" Ran said excited

"A clown Chara," Miki observed.

"She is so pretty-desu," Su said.

"Hi, my name is Dia. These are my sisters, Ran, Miki, and Su," Dia introduced.

"I know," Kusukusu said.

"How does she know us?" Ran asked.

"I don't remember her-desu." What did they mean when they said they didn't know Kusukusu.

"Guys," Amu said as she turned around and saw me. She seemed surprised to see me. She saw Kusukusu.

"You have a chara?!" she yelled shocked.

"Yes." I said.

"Rima, I think they really don't remember us. Su and Ran have a hard time keeping secrets," Kusukusu whispered in my ear. She didn't have much room to talk. She blurts tons of things out.

"Let's go Kusukusu," I said showing off my outer character. If this weird world fixed my past and made Amu not know me then there was no point in showing my true self. Why didn't my best friend not remember me. I started to walk but Amu stoped me by putting a hand on my shoulder.

"You're wearing the Seiyo school uniform. Are you a new student?" she asked. I looked over my shoulder at her.

"Yeah, you could say that," I said coldly then walked off towards the school.

"Rima what's going on? First you're mom and dad don't fight, you're a new kid at Seiyo, and Amu does't remember us," Kusukusu said.

"I don't know, but I'll get to the bottom of this," I said.

*Nagi's POV*

I went to class. Kukai was here too since it would be a few minutes till the bell rang. Utau was also here. Since she takes classes online, she sits in our class to talk to us. Nikaidou doesn't care and Utau bribed the other teachers with an autograph. I sat down and sighed.

"What's eating you Fujisaki?" Kukai asked. I showed him Temari's egg

"Temari? She's been in her egg ever since you came back from Europe," he said. That's not right. After Rima-chan said those word when we all went to save Ikuto. Thoses words helped Temari hatch.

"Hi guys," Amu said as she walked in. Kukai quickly grabbed Temari's egg and pushed it into my bag.

"H-hi Amu-chan," Tadase said. Did he just call her Amu-chan? After Amu started dating Ikuto and Tadase got over Amu he started calling her Hinamori-san again. I saw Amu blush a little bit. Wasn't she over him and dating Ikuto?

"You guys won't believe who I ran into today," Amu said as she sat at her desk.

"Who?" Kukai asked.
"

A new student. She seemed a bit cold though," Amu said.

"She was cute," Ran said,

"Like a doll-desu."

"She also had a chara," Dia said.

"Yo Nagi, that sound a lot like-"

"Rima-chan and Kusukusu," I finished for Rhythm who came out of his hiding spot, my hair. Amu and her charas looked at me shocked that I knew the new girl.

"How do you know her?" Amu asked.

"We've known each other since sixth grade," I said.

"A childhood friend," Miki said.

"Not exactly," Rhythm.

"What do you mean?" Daichi asked joining in on the conversation.

"Rima doesn't really like Nagi. She only likes him because he's Nade-" Daichi covered Rhythm's mouth.

"Because Nade-chan is Nagi's sister," Daichi finished for him. I told Amu years ago that I was really Nadeshiko. Why is he keeping it secret?

"Oh I get it. By the way, when is the next time Nadeshiko's coming back. I haven't seen her in a long time," Amu said using a sparkle attack. Did she not know? What kind of life am I living? Was I dreaming for five years of my life? None of them know Rima, Temari's trapped in her egg, and Amu doesn't know my secret. The bell rang. Kukai ran out of the room so fast to make it to his senior class.

*Rima's POV*

I went to the office to get my schedule and locker number. This day is just too weird for me. The first class I had was homeroom with Nikaidou-sensei. That can't be too hard since I've already been here. I walked down the halls. The halls were deserted. The bell had already rung so I was the only one that was in the halls except for a few late kids. I noticed a familiar ginger run through the halls. He didn't even see me. He must be late to class. I walked up to the classroom door and knocked. The door open to reveal Nikaidou-sensei.

"Hello, you must be our new student," he said. I nodded my head. He moved to the side so I could come in. The socond I walked in most of the boys were drooling over me. This is a major deja vu.

"This is our new student Mashiro, Rima," Nikaidou said. Everyone stared at me.

"Why don't you tell the class something about you," Nikaidou offered. I remain silent. If Amu didn't know me then who else would remember me, no one. Amu knew the most about me so there was no way anyone else would remember me. Nikaidou sweatdropped at my silence.

"Why don't you give the class a smile," he suggested. I looked at him for a minute with an emotionless face.

"No one made a joke so there is no need to laugh," I said in a monotone voice. Everyone stared at me shocked. Nikaidou did an anime fall.

"Don't do that Rima-chan!" I heard a familiar voice said. I looked over to see the purple haired boy I knew. Out of all my friends, he was the one that had to remember me.