Disclaimer- Once again, and as always, Peach-Pit owns Shugo Chara!, not me, all I own is my OC.

"It's time," Kumiko whispered in my ear.

I looked at the others, and they stared at me. I took a deep breath.

I raised my arms and shouted, "My Heart! Unlock!"

The background turned pink, and I flew up, my hair spinning out behind me. I put my hand up above my head, turning it gracefully. Kumiko flew up, winked, and then her green egg spotted with small pink flowers encased around her. Her egg flew up above my raised right hand, and I brought it down, pulling it across my chest. The egg melted into my chest, and I spun in the air. I bent down, grabbing my feet as little pink heels appeared, a strap keeping them to my feet. I joined hands and pulled them up, a green skirt hanging from my waist. It had frilly lace on the edge, of course being my girly side. I brought my hands up more, getting another frilly thing, a top with sleeves going to my elbows. I opened my mouth, smiling. I winked, and my hair flew into a ponytail, a ribbon with pink flowers on the end keeping it tied. I pulled the ponytail in front of my left shoulder, as a green flower popped up on the left side. My pose was my legs going straight down 'till my knees, where my legs fanned out. My arms were out on either side.

"Character Transformation: Sweetie Gem!" I called. I hit the ground, and got a round of applause. I looked to the sky, seeing a Chara transformed boy, but I couldn't make out who he was.

"Tightrope Dancer!" Mashiro yelled, swinging a tightrope around, and the boy got tangled.

Amu kinda smack-talked him, and the ? on his head melted into an X. Then an X egg closed around him.

"Negative Heart: Lock On!" Ami called, taking her pose, "Open Heart!"

The egg turned normal, and everyone untransformed. I looked down, still seeing the pink heels. I heard a "pop" as Kumiko flew out to my right. I now saw my school uniform.

"So! Sweetie Gem, huh?" Tadase asked smiling.

"Yup! What all do we have to do today?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at the mischievous looks.

Just then, the bell rang and we hurriedly grabbed out stuff and ran for the school. Amu grabbed my hand as she ran past me, her usual cross clip replaced with a heart. I sighed, but giggled and ran after her. I discovered a few minutes later to be backstage in the auditorium. I joined the huddle of caped people, consisting of Tadase, Yaya, Amu, Mashiro, and Fujisaki. I heard the plan then followed a small hall to the seats. I took an aisle seat in the back, watching students file in. Once everyone was seated, the curtains slid open. I saw Tadase at the podium and felt myself smiling. He introduced them and such.

"We are adding a new member, in other words a sixth Guardian. Let me welcome you to Second Joker, Nozaki Miliko!" he said.

I stood, blushing, and made my way to the stage, people applauding me. I walked up the stairs and took an empty seat. Tadase said a few more things then dismissed. We were excused from a few classes for Guardian stuff.

"I'm so glad you joined us, Miliko-chi!" Yaya chirped.

"Happy to have a new friend," Fujisaki laughed.

"Do you like comedy?" Mashiro asked, the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

"Six Guardians! This has been a great year. I guess I did have good luck!" Tadase said, smiling. I easily returned the grins.

No POV

Amu stood off to the side from the group, looking at the people she was so close to. She had her arms folded across her chest, frowning. She knew these five people were meant to be friends, but she was just a piece to be later moved aside. Amu sighed, and turned away from the group.

"Amu? What's wrong?" Su asked.

Miki looked up from her drawing.

"Cheer up, Amu! Cheer up!" Ran shouted, waving her pink pom-poms in the air.

Nagihiko looked over, spotting Amu. He slowly walked over to her, and put a hand on her shoulder. Amu spun around, and looked at Nagi.

"What's wrong, Amu-chan?" he asked, eyes full of worry.

"I kinda feel left out. You guys are all so happy together, you guys haven't argued since Miliko joined the group," Amu sighed, watching Tadase laugh.

Nagi had a flashback. He remembered when it was just Kukai, Tadase, Yaya, and Nadeshiko a.k.a. himself. He patted his pocket, feeling two eggs.

"You miss Nadeshiko, don't you?" Nagi asked.

"Not really, considering she's talking to me right now," Amu smirked, raising an eyebrow.

Nagi blushed and asked, "Who told you?"

"You just did," Amu laughed, "but I had my suspicions. I saw Temari's egg."

Nagi sighed and dropped his head. Amu remembered back to when it was just Tadase, Kukai, Yaya, Nagi/ Nadeshiko and herself. She thought about how she lost her two closest friends in the same year, Kukai and Nadeshiko. She thought how they got Rimi and Kairi, just for Kairi to turn around and confess his love and take off. Amu thought of all the guys she knew. In her mind flashed Kukai, Tadase, Kairi, and Ikuto. Then Nagi flew through. Amu reached a hand to her head, sighing. She didn't know which one she liked, nonetheless loved.

(Miliko POV)

I looked around, smiling and laughing. I noticed Amu and Fujisaki off to the side, talking. I frowned, and made my way to Tadase.

"Hey, do you know what's up with Amu? She seems kinda down," I whispered in his ear.

"Not sure. I'm sure Fujisaki-kun will figure it out," he said, smiling.

Tadase turned back to the girls just in time to see Mashiro pulling a gag.

"Bala-Balance!" she called, marks on her cheeks as she struck a pose.

Yaya, Tadase and I burst out laughing. I smiled, and glanced over to Amu and Fujisaki. My eyes quickly flitted back to Tadase, smiling and laughing.

When I got home that day, I thundered up the stairs. I dropped my bag after I shut my door. I yanked off the school uniform, turning back in skinny jeans and a pink spaghetti-strap tank top. I let down my hair and brushed it, tying it back up in pigtails.

"What do you think?" I asked, turning to my Guardian Characters.

"Oh, I love the hair and tank!" Kumiko gasped.

"I'm liking the jeans and clips!" Mariko said.

I touched the small black clips I had added to my hair. I crept down the hall, stopping about a foot from the stairs. I turned to my left, knocking on a door labeled, "Kei's Room".

"I know it's you, Miliko-chan," he said, and I gasped, "but come in."

I slowly opened the door, and stepped inside. I smiled at my older brother.

"What's up?" he asked, dropping the page he held on his desk.

"The Guardians. I don't understand them! Mainly Amu! One minute she's my best friend, next minute, I'm on the receiving end of steely glares from across the room!" I sighed.

Kei laughed, then said, "Sounds like she's green with envy!"

I looked to him, a puzzled look painted on my face. Then, just about a thousand light bulbs went off in my head. How Tadase gets along so well with me, we're so easy give and take. Everyone is so happy, we're all like we've known each other forever, but Amu is getting left out. I gasped, turning to my older brother.

"Thanks, Kei!" I shouted, wrapping my brother in a hug and running out the door.

I flew into my room, grabbing a jacket. I slipped it on, putting on neon yellow socks and tied on my shoes. I grabbed my shoulder bag, and tossed my wallet inside just incase. I motioned to Mariko and Kumiko. I hit the bottom of the stairs, and my mother cleared her throat.

"And where do you think you're going, young lady?" she said sternly.

I sighed. "Uh, going out with friends?" I laughed nervously.

"Right after you got home late from school?"

"Aw crap… I forgot to tell you… but I kinda joined the Guardians…," I said.

"Oh" she said, "but can you take your brothers out with you? They're driving me up a wall!" I frowned, but made my way up the stairs.

I pounded on the boys' doors, and we all walked down the stairs, me leading Kei to my left and Taishi to my right, brave battle looks on our faces. My mother laughed at us, but smiled. I grabbed up Taishi's hand, and Kei stepped up. We walked out, all smiling. Within minutes, Kei had grabbed my hand, and I didn't pull it away. The ninth grader smiled down at me, and I turned to the five year old skipping happily. As I walked between my brothers, going to the park and arcade, I felt right in place. As I walked, this time carrying a passed out Taishi, I bumped into someone. I saw a blur of blonde hair and tripped. I hit the ground, but immediately looked around, relieved to see Kei holding a wailing Taishi. A hand reached down, and looked to Kei who raised an eyebrow. I followed the hand up to a body, Tadase!

"You gonna stay down there forever, Miliko-chan?" Tadase asked, smiling.

I took his hand and stood up.

"Hey Tadase-kun," I blushed, staring at my shoes, thinking about my silly pigtails.

"Who are they?" Tadase whispered in my ear.

"Oh, uh, this is my older brother Kei and my baby brother Taishi. Erm… Kei, this is… uh… Hotori Tadase… king's chair…," I muttered.

Kei shot me a look and put down Taishi. He shook Tadase's hand.

"Sis! Wiw you pick me uwp?" Taishi asked, a childy voice coming out.

I hoisted up the kindergartner with a grunt. Just then, Kei grabbed out his phone, and answered it.

"Yeah, yeah. Sure. Ya okay. See you then," he said into the phone, then closed it. He slid it back into his pocket.

"Hey, I'm going to a friend's house. Can you take Taishi?" he asked with pleading eyes.

"Sure," I said, putting Taishi down. I pulled out my phone and quickly texted my mom, "Hey mom. Kei going to a friend's, so heading home with Tai." I sent it, and slid my phone back into my pocket.

I said bye to Kei and was surprised to still see Tadase standing there.

"Hey, um, I'm gonna run my little brother home, if you erm… if you wanna tag along that's cool," I said, grabbing Taishi's hand.

"Hm… sure! We can hang out afterwards," he said, stepping up next to me.

We walked for a few minutes, and I had Tadase stop.

"I'll run Tai up to the house," I said, calling my brother by his nickname.

I pushed Tai up, and he and I ran to the house. I pushed him in the backdoor and flew back to Tadase.

"Okay, let's go!" I smiled.

We went to see a movie, and surprisingly bumped into Amu, Fujisaki and Mashiro in various places.

I looked around the group. I smiled, seeing Amu being just fine. At one moment, I saw Tadase pull Fujisaki off to the side and talked to him. They walked back, and joined us at our table once more. We talked for a while, slurping smoothies. One by one, they all departed. Tadase started walking out, smiling and making brief conversation. He offered to walk me home, and I took it up. As we walked, he kinda grabbed my hand, and I blushed.

No POV

Amu walked home, smiling. As she crossed an intersection, she saw something unbeivable.

Miliko POV

Tadase and I turned, and he turned the opposite direction of me.

"Oh, I guess this is where we part," he said, and leaned over to me.

I spotted Amu staring at me just as Tadase planted a kiss on my cheek.

Chapter 4, yo.