Recap
"Of course. I know we've had our ups and downs, but you are my chara." Rima was going to do a charanari with Kazumi. The light then became so bright that all of us had to shield our eyes. Rima has finally opened up enough to let Kazumi in. The light faded away and we all saw here there.
She seemed to glow even though the X-eggs made it dark. She wore a strapless purple dress. She had long black gloves and black heels. Her hair was put in a side ponytail. She also had a headset microphone. All of us were awed by her new appearance. She was absolutely beautiful.
Chapter 29: Playful Flirtation
*Rima's POV*
"Harmonious Drop"
"Rima, you did it," Kusukusu said. She suddenly seemed to feel better. I smiled at her and looked at everyone else. They stopped fighting to look at me.
"Well, these X eggs aren't going away themselves," I said. Everyone either smiled or smirked then continued to fight.
"Great to have you back," Nagi said as him and I were facing our back to each other ready to fight at anytime. I grabbed his hand.
"If this is my world then I guess that makes me the hero so I couldn't just stand by why you fought my battle," I said. He squeezed my hand.
"Alright Kazumi, what do you got?" I asked her.
"Beautiful Whispers!" she said.
"Alright, Beautiful Whispers," I said. My body seemed to know what to do. Both my hands went onto my lips that I blew a kiss towards the X eggs. I saw a ball of energy shaped like a heart travel toward them. It would've been good if we were fighting a few X eggs but this a millions.
"Anything else?" I asked.
"This is the first time I've charanari-ed. I'm learning just like you," she said.
"I thought we could help," I said.
"Sorry Rima," she said.
"No time to fight each other," Nagi said.
"Right, we all need to work together," Rhythm added.
"He's right but what do we do?" I asked.
"For once I don't have a plan," Nagi said.
"Now I feel doomed," Kazumi said. All our friends joined us. We all formed a circle so we could see from all sides.
"Anyone got anything?" Utau asked.
"Not...really," Tadase said in between breaths. He can't take this much longer. Does mono make you that tired? If I got it in the real world then I may die since walking tires me already.
"Hit them with everything you got I guess," Kukai said.
"That won't work. It may break them if we throw everything at once," Amu said.
"At this point we may not have a choice," Ikuto said.
"Alright, everyone attack at once and try not to break them," Amu said. All of us threw everything we got at them. Amu with her Heart Rod, Utau with Nightmare Lorelei, Ikuto used Slash Claw, Tadase used Holy Crown, Yaya used Go Go Little Ducks, Kairi used Lightning Blade, Nagi used Blaze Shoot, and I used Beautiful Whispers.
"Nothing is working," Yaya pointed out as she whined.
"What can we do now?" Kairi asked. I've only seen him stumped when it came to Yaya but now he didn't have a plan. Our smart guys have nothing so now we're screwed.
"Look out!" Tadase yelled. X eggs came to surrounded us. I felt someone tug on me then I fell on something. I looked to see that I was laying on Nagi. He got me out of the X egg's trap. What about everyone else? I looked and saw them all tangled on a rope of X eggs. Everyone, besides me and Nagi, were trapped. This is over, we lost.
"Don't throw the towel in yet Rima. Think really hard for a solution. Clown Drop and Yamato Maihime combined their powers together to do Queens Waltz," Kazumi said.
"So, Kusukusu isn't well enough to charanari," I said.
"Think about it. You and Nagi both have two charas now. If two of their powers can be combined then maybe the other two's power can do the same," she said.
"You mean Beat Jumper and Harmonious Drop?" I asked.
"What did you say Rima?" Nagi asked as he stood up. An epiphany came to me.
"Nagi, I'm the main character in this journey! This is my world and I caused this but that means I can make it go away. If we combine powers again then maybe we can defeat them," I said. He smiled then nodded. He grabbed my hands. Wind blew back our hair instantly. This is going to work. Everyone was awed by our power.
"Ready Rima?" Nagi asked.
"Ready." Him and I winked at one another then we let go of one hand. We spun in the snow. Both of us looked up at the sky.
"Playful Flirtation!" A bright light purple and yellow light filled the sky sprinkling over all of us and the X eggs. My friends were released. All of us watched as the eggs were being purified. Nagi and I did it again. We combined power but it's must greater than last time. The other time was powerful but this was much greater. All the eggs flew back to their owners. All our charanari's left us. Suddenly I fell to the floor with a weight on me. The wind was knocked out of me.
"Rima-tan! You did it!" Yaya cheered as she glomped me to the floor.
"Ace, she can't breath," Kairi pointed out. Yaya got off me and Utau and Amu helped me up.
"You guys did it. How did you know it would work?" Amu asked.
"We didn't," Nagi said. Each of our friends congratulated us. Yaya with a glomp, Kairi with a nod, Amu and Utau with a hug, Ikuto gave a smirk, Kukai gave me a, a little bit too hard, pat on the back, and a thank you from Tadase.
"Rima! We're late to dance practice!" Nagi said.
"We better hurry," I said.
"Bye guys," Nagi said.
"Bye everyone," I said then we ran off. Both of us ran down two blocks before Nagi stopped me.
"Nagi, we're going to be late," I said.
"No we're not. I lied so I could stop you here," he said. I looked at him confused.
"Look up," he said. I did and I saw a little green plant, mistletoe. I looked at him and smirked.
"Today is Christmas Eve," he reminded me.
"Really!? I forgot with the huge X egg fight and this whole other world," she said. I didn't get anyone a gift. Maybe mom will take me shopping tonight. Nagi walked over to me.
"Even thought we're not in our world, I still want to give you a kiss under the mistletoe," he said. I wrapped my arms around his neck as his went to my waist. We stood there for a long time, pretty much making out.
"I'm surprised they can go that long without air," Kazumi teased. Nagi and I tore apart.
"Rhythm, Kazumi, you guys did awesome. I even feel better," Kusukusu said.
"Great," Rhythm said then floated over to Kusukusu and gave her a peck on the cheek.
"We should get out of this cold weather," Temari pointed out. Nagi and I agreed and we began to walk to his house hand in hand. Our charas right behind us.
"Nagi, why do you think that Playful Flirtation was more powerful than Queen's Waltz?" I asked.
"Well the first thing that comes to my mind is that our relationship. Back then when we did the very first Queen's Waltz, you didn't really like me. Now it's the exact opposite," he said.
"Did you not like me then?" she asked.
"I liked you but I also found you to be a handful. I tried to be your friend but at that time I didn't love you. To be honest I never thought you and I had a chance at friendship, let alone a relationship," he said.
"Since we love each other our power is greater?" I asked.
"That's what I think," he said. I kissed him.
"Can we go at least a block without you two making out?" Rhythm asked. The girl charas giggled. I couldn't help but giggle with them. Nagi and I made it to his house. We went inside but there didn't seem to be anyone home.
"Hello?" Nagi called but no one seemed to answer. I thought at least Baya would be here. We walked to his room and that's when we saw a note on his door. We both read it.
Dear Nagihiko,
I had Baya come and help me with an errand. Also I canceled dance practice today. Your grandmother wanted to meet a few friends of hers since she's here in Japan.
You and Rima can still dance if you want but you don't have to. Also tell Rima I say I'm sorry for not being a good hostess today. I hope you'll be on your best behavior Nagihiko.
Love,
Mrs. Fujisaki
"So no one is here?" I asked. For some reason I became nervous. I've never been to his house alone.
"I guess so. What do you want to do Rima? We don't have to dance today," he said.
"I don't know," I said suddenly becoming timid. What's wrong with me? So what if we're alone. I've been alone with him before.
"Rima...Rima...Rima, are you ok?" I snapped out of my thoughts since Nagi was waving a hand in my face.
"What?" I said unintelligently.
"You were miles away," he said.
"Rima was probably thinking naughty things," Kazumi teased.
"No I wasn't," I said. While I was yelling at her Nagi smiled and kissed my cheek which made me blush.
"See! Usually you wouldn't be blushing unless you were guilty!" Kazumi pointed out.
"Shut up!" I yelled. Nagi wrapped his arms around me from behind and kissed my temple.
"That's enough teasing," Nagi said.
"Nagi, what should we do?" I asked.
"Why don't we go in the living room. We can't go in my room anyway," he said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Rima wants to go into Nagi's bedroom," Kazumi sang as she teased me.
"That's not what I meant!" I yelled.
"I have things you can't see in there," he said.
"What kind of things?" I asked. He picked me up and started walking away from his room.
"Christmas things," he said. Now I wanted in Nagi's room really bad...that did sound pretty bad. I'm glad I didn't say that out loud.
"Don't even plan on going in there," he said.
"Would I ever?" I asked pretending to be innocent.
"I know you too much Rima," he said then gave me a kiss on my neck. It sent a chill down my spine. He kissed me on the sensitive spot on my neck. Did he know it was there or did he get lucky? He set me down on a couch in I room I've never seen before. There was a giant TV, speakers about the size of me, and a bunch of other electronic things. This room looked very out of place since the Fujisaki house is very traditional. I then noticed the charas weren't with us. Kusukusu and Rhythm are probably together and Kazumi and Temari are probably gossiping.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"This is what I used to call the fun room when I was little," he said.
"Fun room?" I asked.
"I don't usually get a lot of electronics at home so when I was able to play in here it was always fun," he said as he sat next to me on the couch. I never knew he never got a lot of play time. I feel bad for Nagi. He had to go through this and he even had to go through everything even when I was the biggest jerk to him. I never thought I'd feel bad but I do.
"Rima? You seem to be distracted recently," Nagi said looking concerned.
"It's just...I was the biggest jerk to you, even in the beginning of this world. I was so terrible, making fun of your tradition, your friendship with Amu, and I hurt you. I'm really sorry," I said. He wrapped his arms around me and set me on his lap but I couldn't look him in the face.
"Rima, do you know one of the reasons I love you?" he asked. I looked up at him and shook my head.
"Because even when you feel you weakest, you still are strong and you don't take crap from anyone, not even me. You're very independent," he said. I never thought that would be a good side of me.
"Can I see a smile? That's another thing I love about you," he said, I couldn't help but smile after that. I wrapped my arms around him and kissed him. He seemed to be a bit surprised but didn't take long to kiss back. I was gently pushed down on my back not breaking the kiss. Nagi was on top of me still kissing me.
"Rima and Nagi sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g," we heard. Nagi and I looked up to see Kazumi and Temari had entered the room.
"Go away. This is our time," I said a bit grouchy since we were interrupted.
"Rima, you'll get Nagi time later. Right now Temari and I wanted to remind you that you have yet to go shopping for prom dresses and Christmas presents since you haven't started yet and today's Christmas eve," Kazumi reminded. Speaking of Christmas presents...
"I'll get to it but right now I have to go to the bathroom," I said. Nagi got off me. He was also upset since he didn't get his full Rima time. I got up and left. I was not going to the bathroom though. I'm going to see what the presents are. I tiptoed across the squeaky floor. Was the floor always this loud? I quickly made it and I reach for it but I was suddenly floating in the air.
"Nice try Rima," Nagi said. Damnit! He caught me. He kissed the sensitive spot on my neck again.
"Nagi, you're gonna give me a mark," I said.
"Then stop trying to look at the presents," he said then kissed me in the same spot again.
"Nagi!" I whined. I felt him smile on my neck. He set me down but only to pick me up bridal style. He carried me back to the room we were in earlier.
~~~~*Time Skip*~~~~
"Did you have a good time?" my mom asked. We were in the car since she picked me up. I had tried three more times to sneak a peek in Nagi's room but I was never successful.
"Yes," I said.
"I bet," my mom said then smirked. Did she know something?
"I'm gonna guess Nagi gave you that on your neck," she said. My face went red. I told him he would leave a mark. He gave me a hickey. I covered it with my hand.
"Mom, could you take me Christmas shopping. I kind of forgot about it till today," I said hoping to change the subject. She saved me the embarrassment and agreed. Her and I spent that night frantically looking for presents for all my friends. When I got home mom distracted dad while I went up to my room and quickly changed into clothes that covered my neck.
Sorry for the long wait but next chapter will be about Christmas. I will be hopefully updating faster now that Christmas is done and December will be over soon. Also This story has over 200 reviews! You guys are AWESOME!
What did you think about Rima's curiosity about the presents? Also about the hickey Nagi gave her? Also about both of them being upset about not getting enough Nagi/Rima time?
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