I DO NOT OWN SHUGO CHARA, ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS, OR ANY LICENSED MATERIAL THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS STORY AND CHAPTER.
THIS STORY IS RATED T FOR LANGUAGE AND CONTENT SO BEWARE OF THE LANGUAGE!
Taking one for the Team
CHAPTER 2: Welcome to the Team
Rima exited her house grumpily as usual and dragged her school bag along the street pavement; she walked up the hill and mumbled incoherent words regarding her mother. Nothing new there. When suddenly, strange enough, at the top of the hill she encountered Tsukiyomi Ikuto.
"Your awfully early," Rima snorted not bothering to greet him. Ikuto raised his eyebrow at that comment and smirked, Rima loved how she had become an acquaintance to someone as hot as him, but she dared not to show it.
"Yeah I wanted to see you this morning," He said nonchalantly. Rima had to blush, but she quickly made it go away before he noticed.
"What?" She asked trying not to stutter. He chuckled and looked at her.
"Don't worry, it's nothing like that," Ikuto insisted, "It's just I have something to ask you…regarding the cheer try outs today."
"Oh," Rima said slightly disappointed, "What about it?"
"You see," He began, as the two of them walked side by side, "I am judging the try-outs with Utau, Lulu, Saya, and Minazaki…"
"Pervert," Rima said interrupting him, she said it so quickly and idly looking at him with her piercing gold eyes narrowed, that it was almost comical.
"Yeah, I am aware," Ikuto laughed and continued, "so naturally I would have access to the list of try outs, and well, Utau, Saya, Lulu, and Minazaki have not seen it yet however I saw it and couldn't help but notice you and Amu's names,"
"So?" Rima asked suddenly becoming bored.
"What are they doing there?" He asked his tone making his irritancy perceptible, his eyes were so angry and so sober that it actually frightened Rima.
"We're trying out…DUH!" She sputtered out tried to scare him with her ferocious tone but failed horribly, for this was no other than the Tsukiyomi Ikuto a master at intimidating himself.
"Well don't," He said bluntly. Rima furrowed her brow, this was all so perplexing.
"WHY?" She whined annoyed by this blue-haired idiot.
"Do you have any idea what they will do to Amu if she makes the team?" He spat at Rima, obviously angry, but secretly worried.
"Ohhhhhhhh," Rima coed raising her eyebrows, she took a few merry hops in front of Ikuto blocking him from moving forward, "So this is about Amu?"
He did not answer he just looked away silently a tint of pink appearing on his cheek.
"AHA!" Rima exclaimed clapping her hands merrily, "you do love her!"
"So what if I do?" Ikuto asked provoked by the blonde girl, "Just Shut up!"
"This is great! The Tsukiyomi Ikuto likes the stupid type! Ha-ha how amusing…" Rima teased sort of glaring at him.
"She isn't stupid, she is actually smart, she just lacks common sense at times, can't do anything right, and lacks self esteem," Ikuto listed.
"You forgot clumsy," Rima added.
"Well it's cute," He muttered looking away, "ANYWAY STAY AWAY FROM THE TRY-OUTS!"
"Nah," Rima said, "I think I'll go…. with Amu,"
"But you know that I…" Ikuto began irritated with the child-like blonde when another voice interrupted.
"OI! IKUTO!"
RIMA'S POV
And there happily running up towards me and Ikuto was the one and only Nag-evil. Along with the other team member, Kukai, he is also pretty good, second best to Ikuto. I sighed.
"Well, Ikuto, See ya," I told him, he stopped me.
"We're going the same way this makes no sense," He said to me like I was stupid.
"Has it ever occurred to you Tsukiyomi that I want to get there faster than you do?" I asked with fake anger, when really I wanted to avoid nag-evil.
"I have a test this morning," Kukai began, "I need to get there earlier too,"
"Well, we'll all go," Nag-stupid said in a friendly manner that irritated me.
"I changed my mind I like the scenery on this road," I said trying my hardest to hint that I did want to walk with them.
"Then Kukai and Nagihiko will go ahead and we'll continue our chat," Ikuto suggested.
"HOW ABOUT I WALK ALONE!" I exclaimed grumpily, "You guys are ruining my morning time, with all your basketball playing-ness and what not, anyway, I like to walk by myself and me and Amu have to discuss this afternoon," After I said that last sentence I saw Ikuto flinch I smirked accomplished and turned around and walked away slowly.
"If you didn't want to walk with me all you had to do was say so," Nag-evil dared to say as I was walking away, I swung around fast and gave my signature glare the Get The Hell Away From Me glare©.HOW DARE HE SAY THE TRUTH TO ME! As if he knew I didn't want to walk with him.
"Shit! Nagihiko you just angered the crazy blonde chick! Even I know not to get Mashiro Rima upset," Kukai exclaimed freaking out. There, a sensible person! Finally someone with some freaking sense!
"But it's true," Nagihiko said wearing a stupid calm expression on his face, "You can obviously tell,"
"You know," Ikuto began smirking hotly at me, which I didn't mind but I still didn't stop giving them my Get The Hell Away From Me glare©. "Nagihiko can read people, really well; he is an actor and is supposed to know that shit,"
"WELL HE READ ME WRONG!" I screamed reaching for my pocket knife in my bra.
"What is she doing?" Ikuto asked lowering his voice. As if I couldn't hear, he is such an idiot. A sexy idiot.
"She keeps a knife in her shirt," Kukai whispered detectably scared.
"How do you know so much about her…?" Ikuto asked skeptically.
"You're not the only one with a fanclub," I said smugly. Ikuto and Nagihiko both turned to Kukai.
"No, I am not part of it! She is a legend! In middle school she almost murdered her teacher!" Kukai blabbed out. Lies. Another lie. Wow another rumor, that one was new.
"Woah," Ikuto mumbled. I smirked at that but inside I was cringing, that's why I had a fanclub I was supposedly 'hot'.
"All of those are rumors, you can see she is faking," Nagihiko said relaxed, I made my glare even more intense.
"NAGIHIKO! Dude, I would like to live you know!" Kukai exclaimed. I was about to approach them, when Ikuto spoke.
"Apologize," Ikuto said to Nagihiko, "She's obviously mad,"
"WELL DUH!" Kukai screamed.
"Shut up Kukai," Ikuto hissed, and turned back to Nagihiko he pointed lazily, "Apologize to her,"
I lowered my knife a little and looked at Nagihiko, he raised his eyebrows.
"I rather not," He smiled.
"I rather live," Kukai mumbled.
"Shut up Kukai," Ikuto hissed, he gave Nagihiko a stern look and after a few moments Nagihiko finally apologized. I stuck the knife back in my bra and hurried along to school.
O.O.O.O
The Day flew by for me, causing me to be in a happy mood. My after school time had never been filled with so much anxiety. To be honest, I never had much after school moments at all. Only once when my class was setting up a haunted house for the school festival and I was forced to be the ghost and had to practice indefinitely throughout the week. Besides that horrible phase, I had never stayed afterschool for anything.
"Hey," Amu greeted as she arrived near my class, she was wearing her gym uniform and her hair in a bun. Although she wore her usual bright Amu smile I could sense her nervousness.
"How are you strawberry?" I teased hoping to anger her, proud of my sadistic qualities.
"Don't call me that!" She ordered as a tint of pink arrived on her face, I grinned smugly at the sight then I rolled my eyes and gripped her wrist tightly leading her down the hallway, "I have to change,"
"Hey, Rima, did you hear me?" Amu asked grumpily pouting from behind me; I sighed and turned around to face my red-faced best friend.
"Amu, I heard you, and I have something to tell you once we get into the bathroom." I told her hoping that would shut her up. She was slightly perplexed but nodded anyway; I grinned again and continued to lead her through the school.
When we got to the bathroom I released Amu's hand shortly after shutting the door, I stooped down near every stall inspecting thoroughly checking for feet at hyper-speed, and then I ran back to Amu and grinned.
"What's up with you Rima? You seem excited…." Amu noted.
"Well Maybe that's because I am," I glared at her never failing to remind her that she is dumb. She pouted and sighed. Oh now I see what Ikuto meant about her being cute despite her lack of common sense. That pout was undeniably adorable.
"So what is it?" She asked tiredly. I smirked and ran into the nearest stall and began changing.
"You see…." I began comfortably inside my stall, "I ran into Ikuto this morning,"
"What?" She asked obviously confused.
"I….saw…..I-k-u-t-o….in….the…morni-" I broke it down for her nicely but she rudely cut me off.
"I mean his house is like…no where near yours," Amu stated.
"Amu," I huffed as I put my shirt on, "he met me intentionally,"
"Why?" She mused.
"Well, you see…" I couldn't help but giggle, "He was mad about the cheer try outs,"
"Why? Doesn't he like judging stupid girls prancing around?" Amu sneered.
"yeah well he was upset about judging your prancing," I explained as I slipped on my sweats suddenly I saw Amu peeking from the crack of the stall her big amber colored eyes staring at me as though I were a fish in a bowl, this startled me for a second before I comprehended what was going on I furrowed my brow, "What!"
"Why….? Why is he upset?" She pried from me, her eyes filled with hope and anxiety.
"Wait a minute…." I mumbled staring at her hopeful expression, I shoved my uniform into my gym bag and swung the door open whilst knocking her out in the process, "You seem fazed by that statement, Strawberry,"
"I just want to know….i m-mean I am not sure why I-Ikuto would be t-troubled by m-my…." She began turning red.
"Ah, classic Amu-Likes-A-Guy symptoms, blush, and stuttering," I teased, she turned even more red, I smiled at myself in the bathroom mirror self-righteously. "He's worried about you,"
I put my hair in a ponytail as Amu was frozen just staring at me in shock I inspected myself in the mirror, and when I was sure I was ready I closed Amu's mouth and gripped her hand again leading her down the hall to the field outside.
O.O.O.O
SEIYO HIGH SCHOOL 1600 HOURS, CURRENT LOCATION: SPORTS FIELD
AMU AND RIMA: 0 POINTS, CHEERELAERS: 2 POINTS
0000
So we arrived at the field and both me and Amu went through some serious turmoil. I mean why the hell were their gym uniforms so….um, what is the best word for this…..okay there are no words. It looks like prostitutes designed them. God, why are these girls so disgraceful?
Well anyway we had to bear with it and stood with the rest of the girls trying out.
Then fashionably late as always, Utau, Saaya, Lulu, some other girl, and Ikuto all walked across the field Utau clinging desperately onto Ikuto like…something clingy and desperate. I glared at her as she walked across, she didn't notice me she just stood in front of all of us all….snobby like.
"Welcome bitches," That random child said, she was later identified as Minazaki.
"Alright I think you pretty much know how this goes." Lulu said as she stepped in front of Minazaki.
"Yeah, you get out there do your cheer and we'll criticize you," Ikuto replied straightforwardly. All the girls giggled thinking it was funny. Amu and I stared at each other and when everyone finished laughing we started fake laughing very loudly ending with a loud sigh then a serious expression.
Utau and her girls glared so intensely that it looked like their eyes were replaced with little lines on their faces. We hid behind a fat girl, which I could already tell wasn't gonna make the cut. They didn't seem to see us but continued anyway.
"We'll be sitting on the bleachers, Ikuto will call the names on the list and you'll come out and demonstrate your skills," Utau explained.
"LE'TS START!" Saaya said clapping like an idiot.
"Shut up, Saaya," Utau hissed which reminded me of the way Ikuto had hissed at Kukai earlier.
After a bunch of pretty impressive performances, pretty gay performances, pretty horrifying performances, and pretty waste of times (i.e. the fat girl), it was my turn.
"Mashiro Rima," Ikuto almost spat out.
Utau choked on her vitamin water. Saaya frantically began rubbing her back, and screaming for help. Lulu quickly leaned over Minazaki and stretched her hand across and patted Utau on the back until she stopped choking.
"Utau are you okay?" Saaya asked worried.
"You fucking idiot," Utau screamed at Saaya, "What the hell was that?"
"What w-was w-what U-Utau?" Saaya stuttered turning red.
"Rubbing my back! That doesn't stop me from choking!" Utau roared, "I swear to fucking God, if your parents didn't force you into gymnastics when you were younger you wouldn't be a cheerleader! If it weren't for that you would be someone else's fucking problem right now!"
"Sorry," Saaya winced.
"Anyway," Utau shouted glaring at Saaya, she turned to Ikuto a huge smile plastered on her face, "Ikutoooooo, excuse me what name did you just call?"
"Mashiro Rima," Ikuto stated again.
"WHAT!" Utau yelped. I stepped forward and smiled innocently.
"Utau, I thought about what you guys said, and to prove to you that cheering isn't that big of a deal, I have decided to become a cheerleader!"
"It isn't that easy!" Lulu said pointing at me angrily.
"You'll see," I said winking.
The truth was, I did know a few tricks actually. I had been to clown school believe it or not, but that was a long, long, time ago. Like when I was ten, my parents needed to get rid of me after school so I said eagerly that I wanted to go to clown school, I can't remember why but I really loved clowns, it must have something to do with my love for comedy. Anyway I did, and now I know how to do a handstand, a back flip, handstand flip, I can split, and juggle but that isn't important.
"Well go ahead," Lulu said rolling her eyes.
"This should be interesting," Utau snickered.
"I do hope so," I added smiling at Utau. I went over to the boom box and placed a CD in it. Then I played track five I walked back to the center of the field and after 10 seconds Speed Over Beethoven by Rose my absolute favorite DDR song started playing it was the short version so it was only 1 minute and thirty seconds.
When the music first started playing I just nodded a couple of times and the lyrics went "Beethoven, Beethoven…."
Then when it got upbeat I did two back flips, and then started dancing and cart wheeling every now and then and dropping to the ground with a split. Everyone just stared with their mouth open. I bet I almost looked girly. Shaking my hips and all…. I was slowly letting my arms raise then clapping them together. I did basic high kicks while dancing and handstand flips. When the song was ending and went back to chanting Beethoven, I ended with another two back flips and when I landed the second back flip I split and ended with my hands fisted in the air.
"…." Utau just stared at me, blinking not knowing what to say. Nobody did. All the other girls murmured things like 'isn't that the girl who used to get escorted home from school because her parents were afraid she would run away,' and of course, 'I heard she tried to kill her boyfriend because he cheated on her'.
It remained like that until one person spoke.
"Good," Ikuto said smirking, "10 out of 10,"
"IKUTO!" Utau shrieked.
"What you didn't like it?" Ikuto asked arching his brow.
"perfect 10/10 best cheer I've ever seen in person," Minazaki said clapping slowly.
"Good job!" Saaya giggled clapping like a maniac.
"You idiot!" Lulu hissed smacking Saaya on the back of her head, "Now the majority of the judges say yes,"
"So…?" Saaya asked confused.
"Majority rules…." Lulu explained. Saaya still looked lost.
"It means I made the team," I clarified smiling daringly at the two idiots. I stood with the rest of the team haughtily as I waved at Utau.
"next," Ikuto said clearing his throat, "Hinamori Amu,"
"WHAT!" Utau shrieked again choking. Saaya smacked her back with all her might.
"ASSHOLE! You hit me fucking hard! BITCH!" Utau began cursing again.
"But you said…." Saaya protested.
"Amu just go!" Utau commanded. Amu nodded, she was very red. Poor thing. Only I knew how good Amu was at sports, she was good at sports, art, and cooking. But she was too shy and misunderstood for anyone to notice.
She went to the boom box and put In her CD she typed in a track and went back to the center. She was holding black and red pompoms. She was still red and was breathing heavily, then when the music started she was even more of a train wreck. It was Poker face by Lady Gaga. It surprised me that she would pick a song like that.
At the beginning she simply raised her arms ever so slowly and the moment her hands met as well as her two pompoms, the music got upbeat, she brought them down abruptly and started dancing with them shaking them about to the beat that looked cool….. then when the chorus came in,
Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got to love nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got to love nobody)
She jumped high and did a summer salt in the air, then when she landed she just started do this really cool looking dance and a little slutty if you ask me. Then since the song was cut short, it ended and she simply bowed.
"8 POINTS!" Minazaki shouted, "You were great!"
"That flip at least deserved a 10," Ikuto said honestly. Then he winked at her. Oh my gosh he is such a flirt.
Then everyone looked at Utau and her "friends" it was the moment of truth. Saaya was afraid to speak so she just looked down. Utau said nothing but whispered something in Lulu's ear, Lulu nodded then smirked.
"Well your performance was…cute." Lulu smiled," But you failed to show your physical ability so…."
Before Lulu could finish Amu cart-wheeled all the way to the bleachers until she was face to face with Lulu.
"I forgot," she said smiling innocently. I bursted out laughing the same time Ikuto did.
"Um…" Lulu said nervously.
"Well?" Amu asked, she did a split and then folded her arms staying in that position looking at Utau expectantly.
"Fine go ahead and be a little cheerleader!" Utau shouted, "But this is not over! Practice is tomorrow at 3:30, don't be late. Dismissed."
After those last words she left with her minions following her. Ikuto among them, stopping once, to turn around and wink at Amu. Which made all the girls frown in her direction.
Yes score for a Amu and Rima!
O.O.O.O
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To Aquatwin: I understand what you're saying about the Stereotypes actually I was a cheerleader about two years ago it wasn't actually my calling but I enjoyed it and the girls were by no means slutty and no where near like Utau described in this story. However, the stereotype is dire at the moment. Towards the end you'll find that the girls aren't all like Utau, Saaya and Lulu.