CHAPTER 4: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ON A SATURDAY MORNING!

Beep! Beep! Beep!!

I groaned and opened my eyes. I slammed the button of my alarm clock and went back to bed. That's when the phone rang.

I opened my eyes and looked at the call number. It was mom.

"Hello?" I responded sleepily.

"Keiko? Honey? Are you awake?" Mom replied.

"Yea. I just woke up."

"Did you get accepted to a school yet?"

"Ye- OMIGOSH! I HAVE SCHOOL NOW!!" I yelled at the phone and jumped out of bed.

"Can I talk to you after school?" Mom sounded panicked.

"Yea, I'll call you after school, Love you!" I yelled and slammed down the phone.

I quickly brushed my teeth then rushed back into the bedroom to get dressed.

I picked up my bag and was just about to jump down the stairs when I realized that I had to make my bed.

Luckily, my bed wasn't that messy when I slept that night.

That's when I saw it.

An EGG!!

It was lavender and had a sparkling Crescent moon on it. COULD IT BE A SHUGO CHARA?!

I gingerly held the egg and it felt warm.

"Keiko Chan!" Nagihiko called.

I ran out of my house and locked the door.

"Ohayo Keiko chan!" Nagihiko smiled and walked over while I was jumbling with the lock.

"Ohayo! Can you hold this? I can't lock the door without two hands," I asked him and handed him the egg.

Nagihiko's eyes widened.

"Is this a SHUGO TAMA?" He sounded so surprised.

I finished locking the door and smoothed my uniform skirt.

I turned to him and he handed me the egg.

While I was holding onto the egg, he reached into his pocket and pulled out two eggs.

One was blue and the other was pink. They both had the same flower design that I thought resembled cherry blossoms.

"The pink one, could it be Temari?" I asked.

He nodded.

"This one was born shortly before I returned back to Japan." He placed them both back into his pocket while I carefully placed my newly born egg in my bag.

"Are we late?" I asked.

"If we run, then we are not." He responded.

I stared up at the sky. The wind current is perfect.

"I don't think we have to run to get there," I smiled.

I spread out my arms and water droplets rushed to my fingertips. I created a big circle made out of frozen water.

I motioned Nagihiko to sit on the circle and we were moving along with the wind like a magic carpet.

Wind tossed our hair as the frozen circle carried us to Seiyo Elementary.

When we got there, Nagihiko's hair became messy. I giggled and tried to smooth his hair. His hair was like silk, it shone deep purple. He stood there like an obedient dog until I finished smoothing his hair. The sunlight hit my black framed glasses and made my periwinkle-blue eyes sparkle like dewdrops. My pale skin shimmered like diamonds and my straight brown hair turned to shining auburn, chestnut, and hazel. It must have made "Nagi" feel all doki, doki because I thought I saw him blush when I was done.

"I'll see you after school at the royal garden," I winked.

"Y-Yea" He stammered.

"You okay?" I looked concerned.

"Y-Yea, a bit shaky from the ride, that's all." He answered.

"Okay, see you then," I waved and ran inside the school.

The students were gathering up at the classroom. I stayed outside the door, being careful not to be seen. That's when I heard a male student's voice.

"Ne, ne, are you curious about why Nikaidou sensei went to talk to the caretaker yesterday?"

"Yea, it's because of a new transfer student, from America!"

"Is the student a girl or a boy?" asked a girl.

"The student is a girl, she's so pretty!"

"Do the guardians know about her?"

"I don't know, they don't seem to know,"

At least the guardians kept it a secret. I will thank them later.

I nervously opened my bag to see how the egg is doing. It's still warm.

"Ohayo, Mizuko san." Nikaidou's voice startled me.

I held a finger to my lips to tell him to be quiet. "Ohayo," I bowed quickly.

"Oops," He smiled. "Wait here. I'll call you over after roll call," and he went in.

As every name was called out, I felt all doki doki again.

I really don't know if the rest of the students will like me.

I thought of how I would introduce myself. Girlish? No. Cheerful? No. Enthusiastic? No.

"Now, that we finished the roll call, I can tell you the news of a new transfer student. Come on in," I heard Nikaidou say.

That was my cue to come in. Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and walked in.

I tried to walk as graceful as I can. My hair swayed gently as I walked and my skirt ruffled in unison as I glided to Nikaidou sensei's desk.

I tried hard not to have eye contact with the students until I got to the desk.

"Class, this is Mizuko Keiko," started Nikaidou. "I know that the third semester is starting but, she will pick up on our studies quickly." He smiled at me.

"Haii, it's very nice to meet you. I hope I make many friends here in Seiyo." I smiled cutely and quickly bowed. I turned to Nikaidou.

"Where's my seat?" I mouthed to him.

"Right there," He whispered and pointed to an empty seat between Amu and Rima.

I glided to the empty seat and sat there.

I looked at Amu. She smiled sweetly.

I smiled back and looked in the bag to make sure my egg is still safe from harm.

That's when I thought I saw my egg moving. Can it be hatching??

At break, I was surrounded by girls.

"What is it like in America?" one girl asked.

"Do you have a boyfriend yet?" another asked.

I managed to answer all their questions.

At the end of the day, the guardians and I went over to the royal garden.

Rima finally gained her trust and we became good friends.

I chatted with Amu, Rima, and Tadase as we headed over to the garden, sharing secrets and how the day went by.

Later on, we caught up with Nagihiko, and Yaya.

"Recently, there are minimum amts of Nazo tamas (wish eggs or question eggs) since Mizuko san's arrival." Tadase reported as I sipped tea.

"That's strange," Amu looked concerned.

"Easter is planning something suspicious," I said, still sipping the tea.

Everyone looked at me.

"For what I know, Easter plans to get the embryo using the nazo tamas and might do something deadly to one of its workers." I replied.

"Oh! That reminds me," I nearly jumped up. I reached into my bag and pulled out my egg.

The guardian's eyes widened except Nagihiko.

"It was born this morning, and since Nagi lives across from me, he found out."

The charas all gathered up at the new egg.

"That makes another one that hasn't hatched yet," Pepe said.

I held my egg in both of my palms and the egg started to wiggle.

My eyes widened. Everyone else watched with curious eyes.

The egg wiggled harder and floated to the sky.

I stared in amazement while the egg made cracks and revealed a female chara.

END OF CHAPTER 4