Recap
"If he likes Rima-chan than he can date her, he can ask her to marry him, himself. You will not interfere. I know you too well mother. You always have to get your way. My husband dressed up like a girl just so he could marry me. He's in Europe right now so he can be better. I want Nagi to find love not be forced with it," the younger one said.
"Are you sure he'll be willing to wait that long? You and I both know he hates wearing skirts and dresses," the older woman asked.
"You and I both heard the conversation him and Rima-chan had. With her right behind him he will be able to stand up to you," the daughter said.
"That's why the little blonde girl is my favorite out of all your students," the older woman said as she walked away leaving a confused look on her daughter's face.
Chapter 13 Ikuto in a Skirt?!
*Rima's POV*
Walking to school seemed much better than it did lately. Maybe because Nagi and I agreed to meet halfway instead of running into each other.
"There you are Rima," Nadeshiko, who was waiting for me, said.
"Rima slept with wet hair last night," Kusukusu giggled.
"How's your new chara?" Temari asked.
"She's stubborn and won't come out," Kusukusu informed.
"If Rima acts more like a flirt then she'll come out," Rhythm, who was hiding in Nade's hair, said.
"I don't want to be a flirt," I said.
"You were all sweet and bubbly when you character changed," Temari pointed out.
"Maybe you should smile more," Nade suggested.
"I guess. If I knew what I was talking about before it was born then it would be easier," I said.
"Chibi! You're alive!" Utau said as her and Kukai came up with us.
"I was just sick," I said.
"Rima, let's show them the new cha-" I covered Kusukusu's mouth.
"They have to wait like everyone else," I said.
"What are you talking about?" Kukai asked.
"You have to wait till all the guardians are present. You two should come to homeroom," I said then walked off with Nade.
"She must have some big news," Utau said.
~~~~*Time Skip*~~~~
"WHAT!? A NEW EGG?!" Amu nearly yelled. Luckily, it was just us guardians and the Tsukiyomi siblings. I honestly don't know why Ikuto is here but I don't really care.
"She's a flirt," Kusukusu informed.
"No she's not!" I argued.
"What about this weekend with Nagi when you-" I covered her mouth once again.
"She's not a flirt just bubbly and cheery like Temari said," I said.
"What feeling was she born from?" Tadase asked.
"I wish I knew. I was half asleep talking to Kusukusu," I said.
"Nadeshiko you don't seem surprised," Amu noticed.
"I was the second to know besides Nagi," she said.
"Nagi's came back from Europe?" Amu asked.
"Not exactly, he comes home on the weekends for dance practice with Rima," Nade explained.
"I want to know what happened between you and Nagi this weekend," Utau said with an evil smirk. I can see the Tsukiyomi resemblance.
"Nothing, we actually had a fight but made up. Stupid chara made me super girly. What about you and Kukai? You two came to school together," I said turning the tables on her.
"Nothing, he went to one of my concerts which I was going to invite you but you were sick. Everyone went then Kukai and I went to get his brother's groceries," Utau explained.
"What about the time you-" Daichi began but Utau gave him a death glare.
"I'm confused what's going on," Kukai said.
"Me too," Ikuto and Tadase said at the same time.
"It's a girl thing Souma-kun," Nade said but she ha no idea either.
"You slept over didn't you?" I asked. The bell rang before I could ask more questions. Unfortunately that meant Kukai left and Utau went with him.
"Bye my little strawberry," Ikuto said as hit bit her ear.
"YOU PERVERT!" Amu yelled as Ikuto jumped out of the window. Even though Yoru was gone he still acted like a cat.
~~~~*Time Skip...Again*~~~~
*Nagi/Nade's POV*
"Alright to get this meeting started we-" Tadase began.
"Just tell me! I want to know," Rima said.
"No you're so not cu- funny right now," Utau said catching herself.
"Come on Utau. I'm helping you more than hurting you," she said.
"Why do you want to know so bad?" Utau asked. Her and Rima have been arguing all day. She won't tell Rim what happened between her and Kukai and she knows something is up. Utau sticks to Kukai like glue so Rima can't ask him. The only way to get to Utau is to be persistent and stubborn which is exactly what Rima was doing. She knew Utau too well.
"You two are still at this. Utau just tell her," Amu begged. She was tired of her friends arguing. Of course they weren't mad at each other. They just were stubborn. She also had to deal with a certain blue haired man that kept teasing her.
"Rima, we need to go to dance practice soon," I said.
"Not till I know," Rima said.
"Seriously why do you want to know so bad?" Utau asked.
"We're girls and we're friends. It's the girl code," Rima explained even though it didn't make sense," Right Nade?"
"Uh right," I said agreeing to something I had no idea what she was talking about. I'm a boy acting like a girl. I still don't have the brain of a girl. I noticed something move. I looked at Rima's guardian cape, which was hanging over a chair. Did her egg move?
"What's the girl code?" Kukai asked.
"Girls always stick together and tell each other's secrets. They trust one another and help one another," Rima said trying to explain it to the poor oblivious ginger. The egg shook more. Did Rima want to be more girly?
"I'll tell you what happened if you tell me what happened between you and Nagi," Utau said.
"Deal," Rima said.
"Amu come with us," Rima said as her and Utau started to walk out of the Royal Garden.
"What about Nadehiko?" Amu asked. Crap I'm going to get caught in the girl gossip.
"NO!" Rima yelled. Way to be subtle Rima.
"Why not?" Amu asked a bit shocked.
"She needs to call her mom and tell her we'll be a few minutes late," Rima said coming up with a quick lie.
"You can inform me later," I said. The girls walked out. I gave a sigh of relief.
"About time they left," Rhythm said as he came out of my hair.
"Rhythm," I scolded. Ikuto was still here.
"I kinda suspected that you were a girl," Ikuto said.
"You actually have it backwards. I'm really a boy," I said in my normal voice.
"I knew that already," Ikuto said not surprised.
"WHAT!?" all the guys, except Ikuto yelled.
"Tsukasa likes me too much it's scary. He tells me a lot of secrets about anything," Ikuto explained.
"Tsukasa is so dead," I whispered.
"How does it feel to wear a skirt girly-boy?" Ikuto teased. A deathly aura surrounded me.
"Are you making fun of my tradition?" I asked in the scariest voice I possibly had.
"This can't end well," Kukai said remembering the exact thing happening to him.
*Rima's POV*
"Spill," I said.
"Why do I have to go first? I'm older," Utau said.
"Just do rock paper scissors," Amu suggested. Utau had a glint in her eyes. I know how she is with competitions.
"Rock Paper Scissors Shoot," Utau and I said at the same time. Utau had rock and I had paper.
"You go first," I said.
"Damn! How does paper beat rock anyways? I could throw a rock at a piece of paper and it would make a hold in the paper," Utau complained.
"Just tell us," I said.
"Fine, Kukai has this thing where he 'punishes' me when ever I call him a kid three times," she said.
"What kind of punishment?" Amu asked.
"Like a spanking-desu?" Su asked. She meant it to be innocent but I couldn't help but laugh thinking dirty thoughts. Kusukusu was giggling next to me.
"Get your head out of the gutter. Ever since you guys graduated grade school he's had this punishment that he... he..."
"He what?! What does he do?" Amu and I asked at the same time. Utau's face was tinted a light shade of pink.
"He kisses me ok!" Utau nearly yelled.
"How may times has he 'punished' you?" I asked.
"Just three times," she said as if it was no big deal.
"You kissed him three times?" Amu asked freaking out she didn't know sooner.
"No he kissed me. There's a big difference," Utau pointed out.
"Not really," Miki said.
"You obviously like him. The final step of getting over someone is to move on and date someone else so ask Kukai out," I said.
"No way, he's just playing around," she said.
"We'll see about that," I said.
"What about you and Nagi?" Utau asked.
"My second chara character changed with me and made me cling to Nagi's arm. You story was bigger," I said as the three of us walked back inside to hear laughter. We all looked up and saw Ikuto...in a purple skirt.
"Let's go Rima," Nade said pissed off. She handed me my bag and cape then grabbed her own things and we were out of there. The last thing I saw was Amu freaking out and Utau taking pictures while the other guys laughed. I couldn't help but laugh too. Kusukusu joined me.
"Wearing skirts is not funny," Nagi said still a bit mad.
"It's funny when Ikuto does it," I said trying to stop laughing.
"I don't think it's a laughing matter," Nagi said. He was really hurt. Ikuto must've made fun of him for having to wear skirts.
"Nagi," I said.
"Nagi's in Europe Rima," Nade pointed out.
"I don't want to talk to you. I want to talk to Nagi," I said as I pouted. I was trying to get Nagi to change clothes so he could get out of that skirt to make him feel better. I care, I just have a weird way of showing it.
"Give me a minute," Nade said then rushed into a nearby gas station bathroom. One, that is so gross; two, she went in the boys bathrooms and the clerk had the funniest face; three, Nagi can change really fast.
"Sorry to keep you waiting Rima," he said.
"It's fine," I said.
"I see what you did," Rhythm said.
"Did what?" I asked pretending to be innocent.
"You were being stubborn that Nagi had to change into boy clothes to talk to you but really you helped him by making him change out of is girl clothes," Rhythm said. He hit the bullseye.
"Thanks Rima," Nagi said as he grabbed my hand. I was a bit shocked and I felt my cheeks heat up a bit. Nagi's phone then rang. He answered it with his free hand.
"Hello?"
"Yes her and I are-"
"Is she ok?"
"Alright I'll tell her"
"Love you too bye"
"Your mom?" I asked. Either that or a really close girlfriend I didn't know about.
"My grandmother sprained her ankle while dancing so practice is canceled tonight," he said.
"We should walk Rima home," Temari offered.
"Is that alright Rima?" he asked
"Of course," I said.
"You know we have to come up with a dance," he said.
"We can talk about it at home. There's a comedy marathon tonight so we have to watch that while we talk about it," I demanded.
"Alright," he said with a smile. It didn't take long to make it to my house. I unlocked the door and we both went in. The house was empty so it was just us. I quickly ran over to the TV and turned it on.
"I've never seen you so excited about something," Nagi said as he sat down on the couch next to me. We began to watch the show. I couldn't stop laughing and professional comedians did Bala-Balance and said their jokes. Nagi was laughing with me. I don't know how some how his arm ended up around my shoulder. I blushed when I noticed. Another joke was made and I buried my face into his chest while I laughed. He held me tight and laughed too.
"They are so close," Temari whispered. Another joke and the two of us laugh so hard that we both fell off the couch. I landed on him. The both of us were still laughing till we noticed our situation. He lifted himself up by his elbows. Our faces were so close. The jokes seemed to be ignored at the moment. I swore I felt myself lean in when the door flew open. Azumi was there. I quickly got off Nagi and sat on the couch. Nagi came out of his shock and sat back down on the couch next to me.
"Sissy? What are you doing home?" Azumi asked not noticing the situation I was in.
"Dance practice was canceled," I said. I didn't dare look at Nagi. I can't believe I was going to kiss him. Something I didn't know at the time was that my egg was closer to hatching then ever before.