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!
AUTHORS NOTE:
Hello my beautiful readers! How was your Christmas? I got a lot of presents from my sister, including a chain with a fake oreo on it! And Guess what? It has a smiley face on it :)
Anyway on with the chapter! I'm sure yal will like….unless you don't like Rimahiko. If that's the case then you'll probably detest this very much.
Taking One for the Team
CHAPTER 17: Yumi grabbed the wrong Leg
RIMA'S POV:
That strange encounter with Nagihiko had me blushing almost every time the world 'evil', 'boy', and 'purple' came up. It didn't take Ami long to realize that something had happened, however her sister who acquired the same clueless genes from their father was too busy stuck in Ikuto land to realize anything, Ami kept the secret to herself and only asked once. Which caught me by surprise, of course.
It was a week after the incident that she approached me with her inquiry. It was two weeks until Tokyo and Amu kept feeding Ikuto soup, she was so preoccupied with finding new soup recipes to 'woo' him that she paid no mind to my out of the norm reaction to anything relating to Nagihiko.
I was patiently going over the dance moves that Yumi had taught us in my head whilst blankly staring at the now soggy cereal before me in the shiny bright yellow bowl that I had recently declared mine, when suddenly I was brought back to reality by Ami's soft tug on my sleeve.
"May I help you?" I asked her nonchalantly as I remembered my cereal and took a spoonful of it.
"Nagihiko," She pronounced in the happiest tone possible as though she were saying 'bingo' instead. I immediately blushed.
"A-Ami, what a-a-re you d-doing?" I stammered.
"Not very cryptic about this are you?" She giggled pulling up a chair beside me on the dining room table, Amu angrily flipped through cookbook pages too distracted to notice.
"About what?" I muttered forcing myself not to stutter.
"That's what I should be asking you, Rima dear. I know something happened, but I don't know what exactly this something is. I know it's big though," She explained in that sly tone of hers combing through her long hazel colored hair.
"What makes you think I'll tell you," I grumbled.
"I knew something happened," She giggled. I gasped and coughed out my cereal onto the table choking and twitching my eye. Amu still didn't notice me.
"Demon child, be gone." I managed to say after my recovery.
"Not til you tell me," She sang.
"Why would I tell you!"
"Rima, look around," She whispered, "You're all alone, Amu has gone crazy over soup recipes, Yaya has gone crazy over making jewelry for her boyfriend thinking that it will give him luck, Yumi is too busy being head cheerleader and all, none of yo' other guy friends such as Kukai have the time….I'm all you got,"
"You're so right," I sighed playing with the spoon clasped in between my teeth.
"When have I ever been wrong?"
"Last Tuesday," I reminded her, "Anyway you want to know what happened?"
"What last Tuesday what are you talking abo-"
"Nothing happened! He was gonna say something…..and then his mom came back…..but then that look on his face….and he actually picked me up and then…..grr."
"Woah, woah, slow down there Oushi,"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!"
"He picked you up?" She asked me suddenly becoming interested.
I explained to her everything about him playing basketball with me, then carrying me away then looking at me then coming closer, and saying what he said then his psycho mother comes out the bushes and takes me away!
She didn't believe the last part, however, after that day she never brought it up again. So much for the only thing that I have left.
O.O.O.O
Wednesday, 12:00 HOURS
LOCATION: SEIYO HIGH SCHOOL ROOF
EATING LUNCH WITH THE BOYS
It's exactly 11 days until Tokyo, three days into the second week after the incident, as I call it. Amu, Ikuto, Nagihiko, Kukai, Yaya, Kairi, and I all sat up there eating lunch.
"Ikuto you like it right?" Amu asked poking Ikuto as he ate his 30th soup in the last couple of weeks.
"You put salmon it," Ikuto smiled at her as he licked his lips, "It's good….it's kind of milky, thanks Amu."
"You're welcome," She smiled blushing.
"You guys are so weird," Kukai grumbled.
"Ikuto, you're a cat," I stated as I ate the lunch Ami packed for me.
"What?" Ikuto scoffed snapping out of Lovey Dovey Amu-Ikuto world.
"You're. A. Cat. You like fish, you like milk, you hate dogs, and when Amu gets near you purr,"
"I purr?"
"You purr,"
"Dude, I hear you purr all the time," Kukai added.
"Purr? That's gay I would never…"
"you do," Nagihiko agreed.
"Shut up," Ikuto moaned.
"Whatever. But you still purr."
"Kairi," Yaya said draping her arms over her subliminally hot boyfriend.
"Y-Yes?" He asked blushing.
"Do you want me to make you soup too?" She cooed.
"It's alright Yaya, the bracelet you made me is enough, I wouldn't want to bother you,"
"You wouldn't bother me!" She exclaimed giggling, "Honestly, come on."
"EWW STOP IT!" Kukai shouted, "Enough soup love we have less than 264 hours until Tokyo and you guys are worried bout soup!"
"I agree, stop lovin' it up and get yo priorities straight!" I preached along with Kukai.
"Rima-chi's just jealous."
"Jealous my foot, don't make me crawl over there, Yaya!"
"Come on guys, she's right. Let's focus, please." Nagihiko pleaded.
"Fine," Yaya pouted crossing her arms.
"Amu, just hold up on the soup a little, okay?" Ikuto said to his girlfriend with a smile. Amu nodded slowly.
"Good job Nagihiko," I said giving him a thumbs up.
"Yea…" He said then we made eye contact and he blushed….and I blushed….and you know.
"Wait, something is different about you Rima," Amu gasped, "But….what is it…..?"
"NOW YOU NOTICE! I HAVE BEEN ACTING LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME ALL DAY LONG!" I exploded.
"What? Why didn't you say anything to me?"
"Because you would be all 'oh Rima, Ikuto this….Ikuto that…soup this….soup that…..recipe this….recipe that….blah blah blah soup!' and it's annoying!"
"WHAT NO!"
"YES!"
"Guys, we're still here," Ikuto coughed.
"FINE TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED," Amu shouted
"NOT NOW YOU BUM!" I screamed.
"Okay later then,"
"Alright," I decied. Then we quietly continued to eat.
"I feel sorry for Ami having to live with that," Yaya mumbled.
O.O.O.O
Yumi paused and looked at our formation.
"IN SYNC BITCHES! IN SYNC!" She commanded.
"We're trying….." One girl moaned.
"TRY HARDER!" Yumi shouted rubbing her temples, "Utau feel the damn music, please."
Utau nodded and began moving more swiftly.
"Good, Yaya move along with Utau please. We've gotta do this shit coordinated or else we won't look as good!"
"Yes…." Yaya sighed, she moved her hips along with Utau.
"Saaya, follow along."
"Okay," She sighed exhaustedly.
"Alright girls stoop down so Rima can do her jump, and REMEMBER YOUR CUE!"
"Y-YES!" They squealed and continued dancing then stooped right on time, promptly I followed running then taking off on their backs, doing a flip in the air and landing in Lulu's arms. She lifted me up onto her back and I flung my arms in the air making a V shape with my hands fisted.
"Good Rima," Yumi said, "Alright…Yaya, Utau, Saaya finish us off."
They continued dancing swinging their hips and all; and then, they struck a pose as I held mine.
"Good, Alright girls….you did well today let's put the routine on hold and do a coordination activity, shall we?"
"Yes," We pleaded.
"Okay everyone stand in a line." Yumi commanded. We stand in a horizontal line and she turned on the radio. A familiar song came on….
The Vengaboys are coming, and everybody's jumping, New York to San Francisco an inter-city disco….
"Isn't this on a commercial?" Amu asked.
"You would know," I mumbled. It had a really fun beat and promptly we all began dancing silly like.
"Alright guys copy me," Yumi commanded.
So we copied her every movement, she would swing her hands up and down rhythmically then shake her hips then kick up her legs, then turn. After a while we got used to the order and we didn't even need to look at her. But everyone was going at their own pace.
"Slower, Amu. Faster, Saya. Slower, Utau. Slower Chiyami." She commanded. Soon we were going at an okay pace.
"Good, now just close your eyes and stay at that pace feel the music….especially you, UTAU!"
"Wow it worked," Amu squealed when the song finished.
"One more time!" Yumi shouted, and we all cheered.
O.O.O.O
"Yumi-chi is amazing!" Yaya squealed during our break, "We're sure to be the best with her has our captain!"
"Yup," I said with a smile.
"And there is no way Toyotomi will replace us! With all that soup I've been making, Ikuto's sure to stay healthy," Amu boasted.
"What about the other guys?" I asked.
"What about them?" Amu asked confused.
"Well if they-ah….never mind," I sighed. Suddenly I was knocked to the ground.
I lay on the grass facing upwards and right above me was Kukai.
"Surprise!" He sang, "Practice finished early; we're here to watch you guys for a change,"
Of course, I blushed; he knocked me to ground and now he is pinning me down and….do I even need to explain? What is wrong with this guy!
Before I could yell at him he was knocked directly off of me from the side. Nagihiko came out of nowhere and kicked him like a soccer ball right off of me.
"DON'T DO THAT!" Nagihiko growled, "You could've injured her or something!"
"How noble of you," Ikuto sang. But he didn't seem to hear.
"Rima you okay?" He asked me visibly worried, which only made me blush even more. He helped me up then glared at Kukai. When I was on my feet and our hands were still connected he swiftly pulled it away and blushed….and I coughed.
"AWKWARDDDD," Kukai hummed.
"SHUT UP!" We both hissed.
"Touchy!" Kukai defended.
"Ikuto, Kukai, Kairi, and Nagihiko stop bothering my girls and sit on the bleachers quietly!" Yumi roared.
Then we went back to practicing, We tried our pyramid once again, and I was at the top, from the top I could see everyone and everything, sort of like the roof. But I had no time to be looking around; I was too worried about my safety and too aware of the music and the other girls.
Now, I don't know why God happened to be bored on this particular day, but he was. So he thought to himself, 'let me check on Mashiro Rima', so he saw me on top of the pyramid and decided to spice up my life by making Lulu have a muscle spasm, and cause the whole Pyramid to crumble. This never happened before, so you could understand why, me, doing this for the 40th time would be slightly less aware then the 1st. It was a chain reaction so, from the bottom up it began to tremble, by the time I had caught wind of what was happening I had already start descending,
This is the part were God saves me by using a brave civilian. This civilian happened to be Nagihiko.
My eyes were shut from the impact I weakly fluttered them open and looked up and saw Nagihiko right there looking at me with those golden eyes of worry.
"Thank you," I whispered in my already soft voice. I tried to wiggle out, and then I felt it, pain. Imense pain in my right leg.
I flinched, and he seemed to have noticed because he held me tighter.
"Shit, your leg is hurt, isn't it?"
"N-No!" I winced, "It can't be!'
"Rima!" Amu shouted running over towards us a red mark on her face, which wasn't blush. It was a bruise.
"Are you alright?" Lulu asked pushing everyone out her way and running towards me.
"Go away!" I shouted to her.
"Shut up! Your leg is hurt, isn't it?" She asked loudly.
"HER LEG! NOOO!" Yumi screamed as she shoved Lulu out of the way. Literally…she shoved her like they were playing pro-football or something. She held my left leg up softly, "My precious LEG! What are we going to do now?"
"It's the other leg, Yumi." Nagihiko informed her.
"Oh," Yumi sighed as she held up my other.
"OUCH- BITCH WHAT THE HE-" I shouted instinctively.
"Looks serious," Ikuto noted coming closer, "SHIT! AMU IS BRUISED!"
"Tsukiyomi!" Kairi scolded him hitting him with a random rolled up news paper.
"Nagihiko put me down!" I cried.
"No!" He shouted so angrily it almost scared me.
"N-Nagihiko," I gasped silently.
"How can you be so calm? Your leg is hurt; the routine will be useless without you! If you aren't thinking of yourself, then at least think about everyone else! Yumi needs you, Amu needs you, the whole squad needs you, I need you. Maybe you didn't notice but, when you have people that care about you, they worry about these things," He lectured.
"Like me," Lulu assured me.
"Nagihiko," I whispered, "It's just….."
"It hurts, doesn't it?" He whispered, "It's okay to cry."
I looked up and saw everyone crowding around me, Amu, Ikuto, Kukai, Kairi, Yaya, Yumi, Lulu, and then I saw Nagihiko….my savior. I've never had that many people worry about me before, not that I remember anyway. Nagihiko was right, these people care about me, they love me and accept me for who I am, there was no reason to hold back.
"N-Nagihiko!" I sputtered out warm tears already falling, "It hurts so bad!"
Then he held me tighter and they carried me into the infirmary.
O.O.O.O
Thursday, 12:00 HOURS
LOCATION: HINAMORI RESIDENCE
HOME ALONE AND INJURED.
I lay on my cushiony bed and sighed. 10 days til Tokyo, and I am broken. My handicap leg was propped up on a pillow and I lazily studied my science text book. I was hungry. But I didn't want to get up.
Curse them for leaving me alone. I even paid Ami 23$ to stay with me today.
She took it and Ran.
So there I was, all by myself, thinking about all the ways I can get back at Ami for robbing me, when the door swings open revealing Nagihiko. I abruptly sat up and looked at him.
"N-Nagihiko!"
"I brought you some lunch," He sighed, "I've gotta go back to school soon though."
"Thank you! That's very, nice of you," I thanked humbly. He placed a bento box on my lap, and I opened it revealing fancy looking rice and shrimp, "Woww….Fancy!"
"Try some," He urged me. I took a bit and blushed.
"Yummy," I sighed entering a dream world.
"Well I guess my cooking is a success then," He said smirking.
"Ah! You made…. this….." I gasped.
"Yeah," He smiled, "Last night, oh! There is also Odangos for Dessert. Your favorite Mitarashi Dango."
"Nagihiko!" I squealed smiling, "You're the best!"
"You finally acknowledge my greatness, huh?"
"I always have," I smiled, he blushed slightly then looked down, we were quiet for a while then I asked the question I bet he knew was coming, "Why….did you do all this?"
"Because I want you to heal quicker," He smiled, "according to Kairi's research, love makes people hea- n-not that I-! I mean well….I…"
"It's okay I get it," I laughed, "Thank you Nagihiko, I guess I have no choice but to be nice to you now, damn."
"Really?" He laughed along too.
"Only a little," I winked. His whole face turned red when I did so.
"What's wrong with you Nag-evil, turning red all the time….if I didn't know better I would think that you…." I began then I saw that somber look on his face and I jumped in surprise, "W-Wait….why do you look like…..that,"
"Rima, I….."
Ring! Ring!
"AMU!" I screamed answering my phone because I knew it was her.
"Rima!" She squealed.
"Go to hell!" I squealed.
"Wait are you feeling better?"
"Yes, now shoo….please."
"No wait….is Nagihiko there?"
"Yes, Amu, please go away….this is a…..i'll tell you later just go away!"
"Wait what? Did something happen? "
"No Amu, don't do that. Nothing…."
"What are you guys doing over there?" She teased and I could hear the perversion in her voice.
"GO AWAY!" I shouted.
"Wait- Rima!"She squealed but I hung up.
"What were you going to…." I looked at Nagihiko, and I saw him passed out on one of Amu's bean bag chairs fast asleep.
"Did you stay up to make this?" I asked out loud to myself, "Nagihiko you really…."
I didn't finish the sentence I just bursted into laughter.
"You fall asleep that easily, huh?" I smiled to myself, "I want to….know more about you, Fujisaki Nagihiko."
With that I smiled to myself and began to doze off as well….he definitely likes me, doesn't he?
O.O.O.O
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SONGS USED IN THIS CHAPTER ARE:
WE LIKE TO PARTY (BY VENGABOYS)