Disclaimer: I don't own Shugo Chara! or any of the characters. ALL OF IT BELONGS TO PEACH PIT! Neither do I own Morning Musume! Or Buono!, which I mentioned ever-so-briefly.

A/N: This story is not related to Seiyo Academy whatsoever. The characters here are around ages sixteen, seventeen. Ikuto is nineteen. Or twenty. YOU DECIDE!

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My phone buzzed. Sighing, I pulled out my small little device.

"New Text Message : Amu" It read.

I wondered what she wanted. I checked it, before wishing that I had never given Amu my phone number, even though she was my bff.

"FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: Do as it says tonight the one u love will suddenly want u :) miss u :) and fall for u :) sent to 10 ppl or BAD LUCK STARTS NOW"

I rolled my eyes. This was the 2nd one I had gotten this week. Yaya, who I'm pretty sure didn't exactly 'love' anyone, with her personality, and now Amu gave it to me. I bet that she was super hoping that Ikuto would just come and sweep her off her feet. PLEASE. As if our lives are some kind of lame shojo manga! (A/N: If only you knew, Rima! ^-^)

"I hate forwards," I texted back to Amu.

"don't you love someone tho rima?" she replied in a jiffy, with her crappy grammar. Then again, what am I to say anything? I can't even spell A-N-A-L-I-Z-E. Is that right? Damn.

"hell no," I typed angrily. She had to stop texting me soon, my favorite show is going to come on soon, dammit, and I need to concentrate on it!

"what about nagi?" EW! Okay, Amu seriously needs to get a life other than annoying me. WHY CROSSDRESSER OF ALL PEOPLE?

"u r out of ur mind. No way!!! anywayz, I g2g. talk to u l8tr!" I hastily typed, before turning off my cell phone for no further interruptions!!

I turned on the TV, ready for everything, until at precisely 8:00 AM, an announcement came on screen.

"Sorry for the inconvenience, but today there will not be a showing of -Insert Comedy Show Name Here-. Instead, it will be showing the new Naruto Movie. Sorry for the inconvenience, but enjoy watching a ninja in bright orange clothes fight other ninjas with his buddies!" (Okay, it didn't really say that)

I stared angrily at the screen, ready to go over to the stupid idiots who host the channels and shoot him in the head eighteen times. Now I have to wait until NEXT WEEK!

I turned on my phone.

"hey, are you free? We can go shopping or something," Amu had replied.

YES, a distraction from my total depression!

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"Why are they here?" I asked Amu angrily.

"What?" Yaya asked, pouting. "Am I not welcome?"

I shook my head. "You're fine. And you too, Utau. But KUKAI, IKUTO, AND 'HIM?'"

Kukai looked disheartened, and Ikuto said, "I follow Amu," and she blushed, before Utau whacked him on the arm.

"Why am I the only one that you didn't say my name?" HE said. Fujisaki Nagihiko.

I refused to talk to him. I turned my back, and muttered, "I hate my life,"

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"Where to first?" Ikuto proposed the question.

"Books," the word popped out of my mouth.

"I gotta go to the sports shop…" Kukai said.

"ARCADE, PLEASE?" Yaya yelled.

"I have to see my sales in the music store," was Utau's reply.

Nagihiko sighed. "I don't really care,"

"Um…I have to get a few things…." Amu blushed furiously. I looked at her.

Bzz.

Someone's phone. And it wasn't mine.

"EH? NO WAY!" Yaya pouted. "I havta go. And baby -sit my brother…." She grumbled, and stormed away.

We were down to six.

"The music store is closest," Utau pointed out, and we all agreed to stop there first.

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(Utau's POV)

I practically dashed to the store, dragging all the slowpokes along the way.

My disguise (A hat and sunglasses) were about to fly off, but did I care? HELL NO. I just wanted to see if I sold more than that bitch Kanako, my rival in the IDOL BUISINESS!

YES! I had 3 copies left, while she had about ten. HAHA!

I spotted Amu in the corner of my eye, sticking with Rima, and I ran over to them immediately, to see what they were looking at.

"Morning….Musume?" I asked them, disgusted. Some kind of J-Pop-y girl group.

"The number one Japanese girl group," Rima told me.

Amu was looking at it, where the cover had about 9 pretty Asian girls plastered on the cover.

"You like it?" I asked her, incredulously. She nodded.

"They're good,"

I glared at her. "Better than me??"

Amu winced, and was choosing her words.

"Being honest, I think you're prettier, Utau," I heard Kukai say from behind me.

"What do you mean, I THINK? OF COURSE I AM-" I stopped in mid sentence, registering what he had said in my brain.

"Oh…thanks," I blushed slightly. And ran somewhere else in the stupid place. Why was this music store so huge?

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(Rima's POV)

I got bored, after a while, and sat outside of the store in the mall, on a bench.

I waited a long time, wondering what the hell was taking them so long, and also whether or not Amu was going to get that new Morning Musume CD, and why that one Guardians 4 CD had me, Amu, and Yaya on the back.

I decided that I would ignore it.

Finally, someone I knew (but hated) emerged.

"Where is everyone?" Nagihiko asked me.

"I don't know," I snapped, cross. "I've been waiting for –" I checked my watch. "About 30 minutes for them to get out of the damn store,"

He sighed. "Well, the store is like a maze. I've spent about 30 minutes looking for them,"

I looked at him, called Amu, got voicemail, and asked him bluntly.

"What should we do?"

He looked at me. "Remember? We meet up at the fountain at 8:00 PM if we get lost,"

"That's in ten hours, smart one! What do I do till then?"

He smiled at me. "Go shopping,"

I glared at him. "Doing that alone isn't fun,"

He grabbed my hand, and looked right into my eyes. "Who said you're going to go alone?"

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(Amu's POV)

Okay. I'm alone.

Most importantly, the annoying cat isn't with me.

And I can go….do it.

I marched into the clothes store, pretending that I wasn't afraid, and wasn't nervous, or that I wasn't totally awkward right then, and walked straight into the area.

Oh God, this is embarrassing.

I had to get a bra. I mean, I've gotten them before, but not by myself. Oh Lord.

I just kind of stood there, for like a couple seconds, not knowing what to do.

And I was so glad when that process was over. I ran out of that store, as quickly as I could.

But I wasn't off the hook yet.

Ikuto was waiting for me outside, and he grabbed my bag to see what was inside.

And he was laughing. I blushed furiously, hit him, and retrieved my purchase back.

"Where are the others?"

He stopped laughing for a bit. "I don't know. I guess you're stuck with me, Amu,"

I felt his arms around my waist, but I turned sharply, and slapped him.

"You have to catch up with me," I called back to Ikuto, and ran away as fast as I could, getting my phone out.

Damn, Rima! PICK UP SO I WON'T HAVE TO SPEND MOST OF MY DAY WITH….YOU-KNOW-WHO ALONE!!

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(Utau's POV, who was, at the time, still in that maze-like music shop)

"AMU? RIMA?" I yelled. Kukai looked at me. "Find them yet?"

"No," I snapped, annoyed. Where the hell could they be?

This was the best time to of forgotten to bring my cellphone. Ugh. And even though Kukai had one, I swear he had the wrong numbers, for they weren't picking up.

"What do we do now?" I looked at Kukai. He shrugged. "We just have to wait until eight,"

"Doing what?"

He smiled. "Why do you need to know everything? Just…run!!" He grabbed my hand, and we dashed in some God-knows-where direction.

Oh, Lord.

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A/N: Hehe. My first actual real story besides Seiyo Academy! Oh, and btw the people who liked Seiyo Academy! : I might not actually get to do the sequel, because unless I up my idea, it's not going on ….just yet.

How was this? I kinda think it's dumb. But hopefully you guys will like it! And hopefully it's all girls reading this so they won't freak out about the whole…you know what thing. It was kinda awkward for me to say that too, even though I'm a girl. Just a little awkward, people!

To all those who care, school has started, and SUCKS.

Oh yea, and btw, I love MORNING MUSUME AND THE HELLO PROJECT, so please, don't diss them. At least not in front of me. I won't kill you, but I will get super sad.

Favorite song of the moment : Nanchatte Renai AND Do it! Now (Both by Morning Musume)

(Oh yea, and all those who read my story Seiyo Academy, and my stupid little annoying comments on the bottom like this, remember when I was totally complaining about my 'WHY THE HELL DO I NOT HAVE GAKUEN ALICE VOLUME EIGHT YET??' Well, I got it today. Do you know how sad that is? THREE MONTHS.)

*Ahem* Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter! Please tell me if this is worth continuing!!

Love,

-angelmangagirl-