Summery: Amu is in her last year of High School and thinking back on everything and everyone that's gone on in her life after Tadase breaks up with her. She remembers Ikuto and how much she missed him when he left. She decides to go looking for him; again. But this time she won't give up. Along the way she finds she not the only one looking for him and makes some new friends, and re-meets some old.
Set after the last episode of Shugo Chara Doki. I haven't seen nor will I see Shugo Chara Party.
Some age revisions!
Amu: 17(first few chapters)
Yaya: 16
Tadase: 17
Utau: 18
Ikuto: 22
Rima: 17
Saaya: 17
Nagihiko: 17
Ami: 12
Kukai: 18
Walking around with Hibiki was kind of weird, she tried her best to hide under her jacket, but it was summer and Florida was very hot. About 30 minutes after we started walking she finally gave in and shed her coat, handing it to one of the guys shadowing us.
"My source told me he was helping with a "Battle of the Voices" contest being held here. I think its at the St. Pete times forum." Hibiki informed me, "After I teach a few kids how to play a song we can head over their. I'll teach you how to play too." She grinned at me as she pulled open the door to Seminole Music & Sound, "Go on in." I stepped inside and glanced around. Musical instruments surrounded me, electric and acoustic guitars, drums, keyboards, amps everything. In a back room I could see about 5 kids with guitars in their hands playing for each other.
A tall man with long wavy blonde hair walked over to Hibiki, "pleasure to have you here Miss-."
"Just call me Hibiki, please, and its my pleasure to be here." She smiled her purple eyes sparkling softly, Chiyoko and another chara, this one with white hair and sparkling pale ice blue eyes, floating behind her.
"Ran, what is her name?"
"His name is Adir." My tiny chara whispered in response, WHAT! HIS!? I watched Hibiki was she smiled and laughed talking with the blonde guy. Why would she have a male chara?
She noticed my staring and raised an eyebrow at me. I shrugged back, "Come on Amu, let's teach you a song eh? Don't worry, I have a guitar for her." She told the blonde guy grabbing my arm and yanking me into the room with the others.
She handed me a black acoustic guitar sat me down on a stool and grabbed her guitar, a white pick board, at the bottom Hello Kitty's face in a white star, and then the worlds "Hello Kitty" written on the bottom in letters that look like clippings from a newspaper. I glanced down at mine, "Hello Kitty" was written in cursive at the bottom with three stars, and Hello Kitty's face.
She was showing us the proper chords for her songs when I noticed her eyes changed from Purple to orange and a tiny chara with red hair floating behind her with a guitar in her hands, that's Kazumi. Miki's voice rang out in my head. Why are almost all of these names unisex…?
"Amu, did you get it?" I shook my head, moved my fingers, and felt Miki character change with me.
"What do you mean, you've got it." She smiled at me and returned to helping the others.
After everyone had it down, got their autographs and pictures we were back in a car, this time a limo, and on our way to the St. Pete Times Forum. 3 blocks before the forum we pulled into a bar so Hibiki could change.
She twisted her hair up into a low braid, tucked her pink bangs under her hair hiding them, and changed into a pair of army pants and a ratty tank top. She ditched her jewelry except for a single ring and necklace, both with matching Family crests on them. I couldn't read the name. She slid into a pair of flip flops and then pulled me out into the alley.
"Put this on." She handed me a pink helmet before putting her own black helmet on. She slipped onto a bike, a red 2001 Suzuki bandit 1200. After revving the engine twice she pulled out of the alley and tore down the road, I squeezed my eyes shut and clung to her waist as the air ripped past us.
As we slowed to a stop I cracked my eyes open, we were in a packed parking lot. I slid off the bike Hibiki following me. "Lets get going." She said shortly walking toward the stadium. I ran to catch up with her as we walked inside she took my hand steering me through the crowds to a ledge. Below we could see a table with about 6 people, a blonde girl, a raven haired girl, a blonde guy, a brunette girl, a brown haired guy, and a guy with blue hair and tiny chara floating behind him. Ikuto.
"Shit. The only way to get to him might be to compete." Hibiki sat down staring intently at the judges below. After a second of staring at her I realized that she had gotten white striped ears, and a white striped tail.
Her tail was flicking with extreme irritation. I looked over the edge with her, below some extremely off key, squeak voiced male was singing his rendition of Adam Lamberts Whaddya want from me.
"I can't sing."
"You were singing in your sleep. You can." She replied shortly. Then grabbed my hand and jumped over the balcony swinging us both onto the one below us, "Lets go sign up. We'll probably have to take tomorrows round. Do you know any English songs?"
"Why did we do that? Yes a few.
"Some security guy was coming in." as she walked out her ears and tail disappeared, "what are they?"
"Anything but ordinary, Evacuate the Dance floor, and La La Land." I replied as we filled out papers.
"I can play Anything but ordinary. So we're good." She replied, "this is basically a battle bands. We're now a band." She snatched the paper away from me, handed it to the man and he gave us a number.
"Girls, your up."
"But since you're a real artist isn't it cheating?"
"No. Its got nothing to do with that stuff. Your good or your not. Your through or your not. The winner gets a spot in the huge concert coming up, signed or unsigned, famous or not. You don't need your own songs when you audition or compete because they want it to be shocking. Er, its complicated. Just go with it, and get out their!" she shoved me forward on to a stage, and forced all of our chara's to float behind the curtain.
I walked up to the microphone and saw Hibiki hook her amp up. "Begin."