Recap
"Isn't dance passionate? You should dance to a love song," I said.
"That's a good idea," Kukai said.
"Alright, I'll talk to her about it," Nagi said with a smile.
"If that fails then we'll dare her to play seven minutes in heaven with you," Ikuto said.
"Ikuto stop being a perv for once," Amu begged.
Chapter 19
*Rima's POV* Do You Have a Stop Watch?
"Nagi was talking to everyone about you and him dancing yesterday. They suggested a love song since my grandmother is a sucker for a love story," Nadeshiko whispered as her and I did our traditional danced. Today was Sunday, the day after Kutau at the water park. I had normal dance practice then right after I had dance practice with Nagi.
"Sure, him and I will have to talk before he leaves," I whispered back.
"Alright girls that's enough for today. Nadeshiko will you go get your brother so him and Rima-chan can dance," Mrs Fujisaki said.
"Alright mother," Nadeshiko said. She bowed and left the room. I went to my bag and grabbed a water bottle my mom packed.
"Hello, you must be Mashiro Rima-san," a girl said. She had long, black hair that went to her back. She had the prettiest blue eyes.
"I'm sorry but have we met?" I asked.
"No, my friend has told me about you. You know Yoshito-kun right?" she asked.
"I know of him," I said.
"I'm new to this Japanese dancing class. I thought since maybe you were friends with him then maybe we could be friends," she said.
"I'm Rima Mashiro but you already knew that. What's your name?" I asked.
"You can just call me Kurami-chan," she introduced.
"Kurami mean dark beauty," Kusukusu pointed out.
"It fits her so well since she has dark hair and blue eyes," Kazumi said. Kusukusu began to giggle.
"Then I guess it's only fair for you to call me Rima-chan," I said. She smiled at me.
"I'll see you later Rima-chan," she said then left.
"She's nice," Kusukusu said.
"It's the ones that are too nice you have to watch out for," Kazumi said.
"Your just paranoid," I whispered so no one could hear. The rest of the girls left leaving me with Mrs. Fujisaki and her mother who was wearing a boot on her foot. I guess she messed her ankle up. Why didn't I notice that when I was yelling at her?
"Have you decided on the dance?" Mrs. Fujisaki asked.
"Not too much. Nade and I were talking about a love song. Everyone is a sucker for a good love story," I said.
"That is true. I assume my mother informed you we would like you to finish the dance in a month," Mrs. Fujisaki said.
"She did," I said.
"I assume you have calmed down since our last meeting," the elderly woman said.
"Depends how you treat you grandson," I said coolly then took another sip of my water bottle. I swore I saw both women smile but I blinked and the smiles were gone.
"Mrs. Fujisaki, what kind of dance do you want them to do?" Kazumi asked. She put a finger on her mouth. She wasn't giving hints.
"Nagi wants me to come up with most of ideas since I impressed you at my audition. It scares me a bit how much he trusts me with such a big thing. I'm not dictating this whether he likes it or not," I informed them.
"Nagihiko really does trust you," his mother said. There was a light tap on the door.
"Come in," Nagi's grandmother said. Nagi walked in and bowed.
"We'll leave you two alone. We want it to be a surprise when we see it," Mrs. Fujisaki said then her and her mother bowed and left.
"So you wanted a love song then you got one," I said. Him and I went through love song on my Ipod. I don't have as much as Utau has but I have some.
"Let's do that one. It's real slow but I love it!" Kusukusu suggested. I also liked this song.
"I love that song too," Temari said.
"It's pretty slow. That doesn't really remind me of boys. This whole thing is to make sure that Nagi can still be a boy and dance," Rhythm said.
"True," I said. An idea popped in my head.
"How fast can you change into a different outfit?" I asked.
"I don't know less than a minute," he said.
"I have an awesome plan. If we pull it off then it will be awesome," I said.
"Care to share," Temari asked.
"That rhymed," Kusukusu pointed out.
"What if we show Nade and Nagi dance at the same time?" I said.
"That's not possible," Nagi said.
"Just listen, we show how beautiful Nadeshiko can dance but we show how awesome Nagi can dance too in a remix. Nadeshiko will walk off stage and Nagi will come on but really you'll be running in the back getting changed," I said.
"That sounds pretty awesome," Rhythm said.
"It shows the both sides of Nagihiko," Temari said.
"That is a brilliant idea," Nagi said.
"I know because it came from me," I said.
"You're so humble," Nagi said sarcastically.
"Now we need to practice costume change if we ever want to do this," I said with fire in my eyes. I was determined to get this dance right. Nagi looked a bit scared.
"Do you have a stopwatch?" I asked him.
"Yes," he said.
"Go get it please," I said in a sickly sweet voice. He shook with chills but left to get what I asked for.
"Time for some practice," I said to my charas.
"I can tell this is going to be fun," Kazumi said. Kusukusu began to giggle once again.
"Here Rima," Nagi said as he walked in and handed me the stopwatch.
"I want you to go dress up in something Nadeshiko would wear and come back as fast as you can. I'll start the time once you leave," I said.
"Rima is this really-"
"Now!" I yelled. He sighed and ran out the door. I started the clock.
"What if he can't do this?" Kazumi asked.
"I think he will," I said. I remembered that day back in sixth grade I asked for Nadeshiko then I would ask for Nagi. I felt a smile start to spread on my face. Nagi, or I should say Nade, returned and I stopped the clock.
"Seventeen seconds," I said impressed. I wish I could get ready that fast in the morning.
"Now go get dressed in Nagi's clothes," I said.
"What but you just said-"
"DO IT!" I yelled. The next ten minutes we kept doing this. He would come in panting but he never made a mistake. His lowest time was sixteen seconds but his highest was twenty.
*Utau's POV*
"Ring the bell," I said. Kukai did what I told him to do. An elderly woman answered the door.
"You must be Rima-chan and Young master's friends," she said.
"Yes, we were wondering if we could see them," I said.
"Of course but they are practicing. I'd like you just to watch and not interrupt them," she informed.
"Excuse me auntie," we heard and a rush of purple flew by.
"Maybe they are done. I'll show you the way," Baya said. We followed her through the giant house. She came to a door. Just knock lightly and they will let you in," she said then left. I was about to knock but I heard them talking.
"Rima...I...can't...breathe," Nagi said in between breaths.
"Do you think they were making out?" Kukai whispered.
"Let's hope," I said as I knocked on the door. To my surprise Nadeshiko answered.
"Utau-chan? Kukai?" What are you guys doing here?" she asked.
"Amu and Yaya aren't with us," I said.
"Good," she said in her normal voice (Nagi voice).
"What are you doing? I thought you were dancing with Mashiro," Kukai said.
"I am," she or he or...you know what I'm just calling Nadeshiko a boy.
"Can we come in?" I asked.
"Sure," he said as he moved aside.
*Rima POV*
"What are you two love birds doing here?" I asked once Kutau walked in.
"Nice to see you too chibi. What exactly are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm just training Nagi," I replied.
"How?" Kukai asked.
"Like this. Nadeshiko go get Nagi," I demanded.
"Can I take a break? You've made me run for twenty minutes now," Nade said.
"Once more then you can have a break," I said. She sighed and then ran off. I began to time her.
"So what's this about?" Kukai asked.
"I time how fast he can change," I said.
"Why?" Utau asked.
"I don't want to ruin the surprise," I said. After twelve seconds later he came back out of breath and he tripped as he came in. He was breathing deeply and had sweat on his face.
"We're done for now. Twelve is your personal best," I said as I handed him my water bottle. He drank it down quickly.
"This isn't really dancing," Utau said.
"Trust me this is practicing," I said. Kazumi started randomly singing.
"I don't care where you live at
just turn around boy let me hit that"
"What's she singing?" Nagi asked after he gained his breath.
"Don't ask that!" I yelled.
"Character change!" Kazumi cheered. A head set mic appeared.
"Music's up
Listen hot stuff I'm in love"
My body moved by itself as I sang. My arms wrapped around Nagi's neck as I sang I'm in love. I swore he blushed a bit.
with this song so just shush
baby shut up
heard enough
My character change deactivated.
"Kazumi you are annoying," I said as my arms left Nagi and I grabbed her.
"What? He asked what I was singing. I had you answer," she said.
There was a light tap on the door.
"Come in," I said. Mrs. Fujisaki walked in. She saw her son practically panting like a dog on the floor.
"I guess you trained him a bit too much. May I ask why he was running around the house earlier?" she asked.
"You want the dance to be a surprise then I can't tell you," I said.
"Alright," she said.
"Rima worked him like a dog," Rhythm said.
"You could've helped," Nagi said. He must've caught his breath. Utau and Kukai looked at Nagi like he was crazy. He talked to his chara when his mother was still in the room.
"Rhythm does help you move faster correct?" his mother asked.
"Yeah," Nagi answered. If we were in a cartoon then Utau and Kukai jaws would've dropped to the floor.
"Oh, I don't think your friends know I can see them," Mrs. Fujisaki said.
"She used to have one," Nagi explained.
"I used to have two," Utau said.
"Temari reminds me so much of my chara except when she has her little...episodes," Mrs. Fujisaki said trying to find the best words.
"Every time I think about my actions I get embarrassed," Temari said as she hid her face with the sleeve of her kimono.
"Then just don't do it. Ran told me about the time you yelled at a mouse. That's a bit much for a little mouse," Rhythm said.
"THAT MOUSE WAS GIANT!" Temari yelled. She then realized her action and and hid behind her sleeve once again. All of a sudden all the charas heads snapped toward one direction.
"X eggs," they all said.
"Mother," Nagi said. I'm guessing he was asking to leave.
"Go ahead but I thought only the pink haired girl could purify X eggs," she said.
"I also used to be able to," Utau said.
"Queen's Waltz," I said.
"That's right. Yamato Maihime and Clown Drop can power up," Rhythm said.
"Let's go," Kukai said. We all ran out of the house, even Mrs. Fujisaki. I guess she wanted to see Temari's character was actually a big group of them, about twenty.
"My heart unlo-"
"I want to charanari!" Kazumi whined.
"Next time," I said.
"No now!" Kazumi yelled.
"I don't even like you! Why would I charanari with you. You've been nothing but annoying," I said.
"FINE I WON'T BROTHER YOU ANYMORE!" Kazumi yelled then flew off.
"Kazumi," Kusukusu called her sister but my second chara kept walking.
"Enough of her," I said.
"My heart unlock," the boys and I said.
"Charanari Sky Jack"
"Charanari Yamato Maihime"
"Charanari Clown Drop"
"Kukai, get all the X eggs together," Nagi said.
"Roger that," Kukai said and flew of on his jet-powered snowboard.
"Rima, we'll need to do it quick," Nagi said.
"Alright," I said as I offered my hand. He smiled at me and grabbed my hand. A bright yellow light surrounded him and I.
"Ready?" I asked.
"Of course," he said.
"Charming"
"Beautiful"
"Queen's Waltz" The light around us surrounded the X eggs and purified then as Nagi and I held our hands.
"Wow," Utau and Kukai said at the same time. After the light disappeared our charanari deactivated.
"Yay! We did queen's waltz again!" Temari cheered.
"That's great and all but I wish Kazumi got to see it," Kusukusu said.
"I'm sure everything will be fine by tomorrow. Everyone says things they don't really mean," Temari encouraged.
"Why didn't you tell us you could do that?" Utau asked.
"You never asked," I said.
"You two were truly amazing," Mrs. Fujisaki said. I honestly forgot she was here.
"We better get back to dance practice," I said.
"Are dancing or am I changing?" Nagi asked.
"You will be changing again and again and again," I said sounding creepy. Nagi sighed as the rest of us laughed, even Mrs. Fujisaki. Even her laugh sounded perfect and graceful. I wonder how a girl raised by Nagi's grandmother could turn out to be so nice and caring. I guess it's not my place to ask. I then remembered something.
"Nagi, you said you owe me for making me go on that ride. I have a thing you can do but it will be tomorrow at the Royal Garden," I said.
"I'm going to regret this," Nagi said. Once again everyone laughed.
I hope you liked it. I was going to get my laptop fixed and get a new one and keep this one but none of that happened. So now I have an old broken laptop. This week is not my week. Anyway I updated as soon as I could. This was sort of a filler but I absolutely love Queen's Waltz.
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