Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara!

Me: Oh my gosh, you guys! Your reviews were so overwhelming, I had to update! And don't worry; since you satisfy me with the reviews, alerts, favs, and hits, this time for sure, Ikuto will appear.

Ikuto: about time! I was getting bored here. Wait…where exactly is here?

Me: -sheepishly- Madagascar…

Ikuto: WHAT!?! THEN HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE ON SCREEN WHEN I'M HERE IN MADAGASCAR?!!?

Me: Oh shut up, Ikuto, I have my ways.

Ikuto: you better have, you little twerp, or else, I would lead another angry mob!

Me: don't…


The next day, by the time the alarm clocked blared off that stupid, annoying ringing sound, the train was almost to a halt; their one-night journey to one chara-less summer was almost over. Groaning, it was Utau who decided to take the liberty of destroying the wicked work of human. She stretched out her hand and was about to whack the little devil when she found out one thing: she couldn't move. Startled, Utau quickly jumped up…or at least, attempted to.

Utau, who, by the way, was now wide awake, tried to get a proper view of her position. She focused her amethyst orbs on the source of her…lack of ability to move. What her gaze darted on made her eyes widened; Kukai's feet! So that's why it felt so heavy! Utau squirmed but, once again, she felt her upper torso seemingly glued on the spot. And once again, the reason is all because of yet another Kukai body part: this time, it's his arm, draped lazily over Utau's…chest.

"GAAAAAAAH!!!!!!" Utau shrieked, much louder than the alarm clock that the little devil itself seemed to cower and by instinct, shut up. Upon this noise, seven pairs of eyes fluttered open, most of which actually was followed by an instinctive sitting up and an immediate question,

"What!?" they all yelled in uneven unison. However, the source of all this commotion did not seem to notice at all the chain reaction she has created for her attention was solely focus on the cause of her aggravation; and that guy was sitting up, slouched, in front of her rubbing his sore head that seemed to have bumped against the metal frame of the bed above them.

"What the hell is wrong with you, woman!?" Kukai demanded, still rubbing the bump that has formed on his forehead. Through heavy eyelids, he glared pathetically at the idol. Feeling his glare, Utau's anger boiled up even more, to a point where her mind has sent an unconscious order to her motor neurons, who, in turn, acted: by slapping the nearest source of heat. For this condition; also the nearest source of her aggravation: Souma Kukai, "OUCH!" Kukai yelled as Utau's hand came in contact with his face,

"Y-y-you PERVERT!" Utau screeched, covering her chests with her hands, "WHY THE HELL WERE YOU MOLLESTING ME IN MY SLEEP?!" the idol continued, glaring daggers at the poor brunette who lay on the floor, unaware of the previous events that had transpired which, most likely, caused the distress of the damsel in front of him, panting hard after all the action, Wow, she's hot! Kukai bit his cheeks to keep him from grinning; the last thing he needed was a pissed off Utau kicking him in the face. Then again, if she did kick me wouldn't that give me a free view of her—oh stop it, Kukai! You are not getting there again, Kukai mentally scolded himself, wherras Utau continued glowering at him,

"For crying out loud, it's only SEVEN IN THE MORNING, YOU DAMN WOMAN!" Rima screeched, sounding so out of character. Her hair was so tangled; some strands were actually defying gravity. Yaya pouted, her hair unkempt, as well, while Amu, by some weird, out-of-this-world miracle, actually had her locks bouncing down a few inches past her shoulders nicely and smoothly as if she never had gone to sleep,

"It's not my fault!" Utau defended, uncrossing her arms and gracefully hopping off the bed. She did her trademark pose after that: her entire weight leaning on one leg, her hip arching a bit to the side, and her arms crossed over her well-developed chest. Her face held her trademark scowl, "It's that guy's fault for harassing me so early in the morning!" she pointed over to Kukai's figure with purple-manicured toenails. Kukai shrugged and picked himself up,

"What do you mean 'harass' you? Your honor, I object!" Kukai retorted then flopped down on the bed,

"Guys, it's just seven am. Can't we get back to sleep?" Amu complained, preparing to pull the covers back when she felt a strong tug on them that cost her to lose grip on the fabric. This caused the pinkette to jerk upward, "HEY!" she growled, clearly not liking the…err…intrusion.

"We can't Sleeping Beauty" Utau began, casually folding the comforter neatly, "We're almost there. I say in about two hours, we'll approach our destination; which is why I set up the alarm clock this early. Anywho, if we don't start preparing now, then we'll get out in our PJs." Said the idol. Utau threw back the comforters at Amu. The rosette-haired teen caught it swiftly then gently placed it on top of her pillow. The blonde boy beside her took the liberty of fixing the rest of the bed and motioned for her to get down. Amu blushed but complied, nonetheless.

"Ugh, well then, let's get going!" Rima groaned, making her way towards the bathroom.

"By the way, just so you know, we have to bathrooms; one for the guys and one for the girls. The girls get the bathroom here in this room while you guys get the one at the kitchen" Utau explained, watching as everyone fix their respective beds, and themselves.

"What? Why!?" Kukai demanded, clearly not liking the idea of the bathroom having to be in a sloppy-smelling kitchen, "So that's what the door was…" he mumbled, recalling the seemingly locked door in the kitchen.

"But it's locked" Nagihiko commented,

"Did you try opening it?" Utau countered. The boys mouthed an 'o' before grudgingly making their way towards the kitchen. A loud 'oh!' echoed through out the room which confirmed Utau's words as true on the matter. The girls shook their head; men. After a while, the boys returned back to the room, rummaged through a few belongings before living their either scattered on the floor or strewn on the bed as they tossed their respective towels over their shoulders; Kukai's green, Nagihiko's dark violet, Tadase's red, and Kairi's black.

"Ugh" the girls groaned, eyeing the guys' mess. Rolling their eyes, they decided to take turn in showering. And, to pass time, they agreed to clean up their little hotel room, their own luggage, and, the guys' mess (understatement). It was Yaya who showered first. While waiting for the youngest female to come out, Rima and Utau never stopped complaining,

"These guys are so annoying!" Utau moaned first, picking up some of Kukai's dirty clothes. Disgustedly, she began to fold them neatly, holding her breath so that the stench would not reach her nose, "At least some of us are luckier" Utau said, eyeing Amu who was humming quietly to herself while picking up some of Tadase's clothes,

"Agreed" Rima muttered; looking at Amu knowingly, as well. Sensing their gazes, the pinkette dropped the bag she was holding and looked back at them,

"What?" Amu asked back,

"Oh nothing…at least someone gets to clean up clean stuffs!" Utau replied, jealous that Amu gets to pick up decent-smelling clothes rather than garments that could make a trash can run for its money. Just as Amu was about to speak, Yaya came out, skipping around the room in her rubber-ducky covered bathroom, a yellow towel around her hair preventing droplets of water from dripping on the floor. Amu stood up, thankful for the interruption, "Whatever, I'm going in!" she announced then grabbed her pink towel and pink bathrobe from her bag. Utau and Rima glared but remained silent anyway.

"Hmpf"

"Lucky brat" they said. Yaya stood by the frame of her bed, bewildered. Shrugging it off, she quickly grabbed her garments, walked towards a certain part of the room, and changed behind the blanket the girls have draped over a few cabinets to prevent the boys from getting free view. A few minutes later, Yaya came out wearing a white mini skirt, a blue tank top, a white short-sleeved blazer, and a pair of white flats with blue polka dots (Yaya seemed to have taken a fascination on polka dots). Her brown hair was down as it was wet, as Yaya raked a comb through her locks, trying to settle it down.


10 minutes later…

Amu came out, did the same routine as Yaya, then five minutes later, and approached the girls, wearing a light pink sun dress with a frilly hem that stopped by her knees. It hugged her torso tightly then slightly flowed towards her knees. Amu matched it with white accessories; white flats with light pink outlines, white oversized sunglasses, white bangles with pink polka dots, and a white heart clip. How she pulled off all those accessories in record time was beyond the girls.

After Amu exited the bathroom, Rima quickly followed, pulling with her a glack bathrobe and a black towel. After a while, about 15 minutes later, Rima quietly ambled towards their pretend dressing room just as Utau grabbed her purple bathrobe with black outlines, and a white towel, then quickly entered the bathroom. The two girls left outside tidied things up quickly then flopped down on the beds parallel to each other. Yaya began swinging her feet back and forth whilst Amu quietly looked at her black-manicured nails.

"Guys, what time is it?" Rima asked; cat-walking back over to them. The petite blonde was wearing a black sundress, an inch shorter than Amu and golden short-sleeved blazer that stopped just underneath her chest. She also fancied a pair of golden ballerina flats and a black headband was perched on her head.

"Err…its 8 now" Amu stated, glancing back at the alarm clock Utau previously tried to kill. And speaking of Utau…the idol walked out of the bathroom then quickly changed behind the blanket. Around 10 minutes later, she came out looking drop-dead gorgeous. Utau was wearing a dress that stopped by her thighs. It was grey, strapless, and tightly shows off her curves. There were frills at the bottom which showed off what seemed like another dress underneath; it was red (1). The girls all eyed one another before mutually agreeing: we have to get out of here. The mind telepath between girls is probably stronger than those that twins have.

"Hey guys, we're going to eat so you get some time to change!" Amu yelled, loud enough for the guys at the kitchen to hear it. Kukai poked his head out of the door frame. His hair was dripping wet; a signal that he just got out of the shower,

"Where you going?"

"Down. Just continue walking from here until you reach the last cargo; there'll be a door which is the main difference. That's the dining room" Utau explained, walking ahead of the girls and opening the jammed door to the most it could slide. Kukai seemed to find this amusing because he kept staring at Utau; that, or he was just beguiled by Utau's 161-degree-Fahrenheit (2) outfit. It was probably the latter, judging the way Kukai kept his alluring jade eyes on the blonde beauty the whole time. Utau, who had her hair down, glared at Kukai before reaching for something at her hip pocket. She brought out two pony tails and tied her hair in its initial pigtails, "Freak," she whispered, "Let's go, girls" Utau announced, squeezing herself through the little opening.

"Did you see that, did you see that!?" Yaya bounced up and down once all of them managed to get out of the jammed opening, unscathed. The young girl grinned like a Cheshire cat, her bright orange (3) eyes sparkling with mischief. Agreeing with the youngest, Rima and Amu smirked knowingly at Utau who just shrugged and gave them a 'What?' look.

"Ooooh… I saw that too, Yaya" Rima muttered with equal conniving-ness in her tone. Amu grinned,

"Yup, definitely saw it. No, I even felt it!" Amu giggled, followed by a series of playful chuckles. Utau felt herself blush; well she felt it too! After all, the intensity of the gaze was so…intense, only an idiot would've missed it. And Utau H. Tsukiyomi is definitely no idiot, "Kukai was definitely checking. Her. Out." Amu emphasized.

"He was not! Oh whatever!" Utau retorted. The three girls just giggled quietly as the little troupe made their way through exquisite halls. For every few feet or so, an elegant chandelier would hang atop the train ceiling. The walls and the floors were covered with posh, maroon fabric with golden, silk outlines. The doors they passed by were either brass gold or silver in color; either way, there was no glass door to provide their passengers privacy.

"Hey Utau, what kind of train is this exactly?" Yaya asked, interestedly eyeing the intricate designs on the walls and the ceiling.

"This is what you call a VIP train, Yaya. It's made to accommodate people for a longer period than normal train rides; for our case, an overnight" Utau explained, twisting the golden handle of the dining area door. The metal flap creaked quietly as the girls entered. They sat on the nearest area which was closed to the window. The chairs were the type that had other chairs attached to it; it was like a sofa with a plush red fabric and a few small throw-pillows. The chairs and the tables were all a sleek black with a few red outlines, and at the center of every table was a small flower pot with a white light fitting with gold highlights hanging atop, parallel to it (4).

"Trains like that exist?" Yaya demanded, incredulous.

"I've never heard of anything like it" Rima chirped, taking the seat closest to the window and nearest the door. Utau and Amu sat adjacent to each other while Rima and Yaya sat across them, "And where will the boys sit?"

"Yes, you're actually riding in one; it's not my fault you haven't heard of anything like it; and the boys will sit on the chairs behind us" Utau answered calmly. Amu remained silent throughout their conversation. She placed her head on her palm as she allowed her golden gaze to wander out. Mountain after mountain with their summit hidden behind great, white, cumulus clouds; they all passed by the gigantic work of nature as the train continued to run.

"Okay…" Yaya replied, though somewhat unsure. Rima nodded then decided to keep quiet. An eerie and awkward silence blanketed them. The girls wanted to say something to ease the tension but there was nothing to talk about; they would have to live with this awkwardness until their boys came. Only Amu, who was daydreaming, seemed comfortable with this. And speaking of their boys, where were they? The girls must've thought the same thing because they have spoken next at the exact same time, with the exact same words,

"Where are they?" the three demanded in unison. Amu absentmindedly shrugged, still keeping her head on her palm. As if on cue, for guys entered the dining area and made their way over to them,

"Hey guys!" Kukai skidded next to Utau who forced herself to move closer to Amu, despite the lack of space,

"Ouch Quit pushing, Utau" Amu complained, feeling her face get pressed to the window. Utau mumbled her sorry before glaring at Kukai,

"Move it, bozo. As you can see, there isn't enough space for all of us!" Kukai mocked surrender; he placed both of his hands by chest level then slowly backed away from the girl, "Much better" Utau said after some time. The guys then eyed each other,

"Where do we sit?" Nagihiko asked,

"Over there" Rima pointed over to the empty table a few feet parallel to them. The guys shrugged but sat on their designated area nonetheless. After a while of ordering some food, the teens found themselves feasting quietly on some croissants, a roasted chicken with gravy, a spaghetti and some muffins (DAMN IT, I'M HUNGRY!!!!!!). Amu chugged down some of the Coke given to them,

"Oishi!" she said in a sing-song voice. The teens had to agree,

"By the way, this comes with the package so you guys don't have to worry about additional payments" Utau iterated. They all nodded. A few weeks before the trip, Utau booked them into this train. An expense of about 30,000 yen was divided equally among the teens, as such, each paid for about 3,400 yen just so they could be sure of the amount (if you did Math, it would be about 3.333333… so they just rounded it of, ugh, I hate math).

"I see…" Kairi mumbled, munching on some chicken. After breakfast, they quickly ran back to their 'room' to do some final touches. They placed all their bags in the living room and flopped down on the couches or on the floor. There was still some time until the train reached their destination. "Where are we going exactly?" Kairi asked again, pushing his spectacles up. He was wearing a dark green hoodie with short sleeves, grey Levi's jeans, and a pair of green Nike rubber shoes.

Kukai, in his black and white shirt with a transmutation circle at the center, baggy jeans, and some black slippers, agreed, "Yeah, where to?" he asked.

Utau spoke, "Our private beach shack"

"You have a beach shack!?" Kukai asked, dumbfounded. Amu whacked him upside the head, "OW!"

"You idiot! He's an idol! Of course she'll have a beach shack!" Kukai complained about how 'hostile' his 'little sister' can get while Amu just shook her head. If anything, an innocent bystander could have mistaken Amu and Kukai as actual siblings; but they were not; they were just the sister/brother the other never had.

"Okay, where is it?" Nagihiko asked. He was wearing a violet shirt with white blazer (5), jeans, and white sneakers, "Where are we now, exactly?" he asked. Tadase, who was wearing a red shirt, denim shorts, and red slippers, nodded his head.

"We're still in Japan, don't worry" Utau joked sarcastically, "We should be in Osaka by now"

"OSAKA!?!? OOOOOHHHHHH" Yaya and Amu chirped. Not even once had Amu and Yaya ever been to Osaka. Utau, of course, due to being an idol, have had her frequent trips to Osaka; Kukai usually comes with his brothers whenever their works need them at Osaka; Tadase and Rima had already been here because of family matters; and Nagihiko's being a Fujisaki has its perks—he hasn't been just once here in Osaka because of dancing and stuffs.

"Don't tell me you've never been here?" Utau asked,

"Well, my papa used to ask me to come with him to Osaka but I refused" Amu said, still a little bit giddy.

"I never got a chance to go here since papa or mama's work won't allow it; we don't have any relatives here either" Yaya explained. After a few more discussions about the trip, the teens checked the clock: 8:55. Utau stood up first,

"We should go" she grabbed her bag but was beat to it by Kukai,

"Milady" he teased once again. This time, Kukai decided to take things a bit farther. The appalled Utau seemed ignorant of his next plans for when Kukai gently grabbed her right hand, when he leaned closer, when he placed a chastise kiss on top of her pallid palm, Utau was rigged like a stone.

"KYAAAAA" Amu, Yaya, and Rima squealed while Utau blushed ten folds. Regaining composure of herself, she quickly retrieved her hand then used the other one to slap Kukai: hard.

"BASTARD!" she huffed then opened the door and squeezed her way out. But she didn't do the one thing she was supposed to do: get her bag back from him.

0—0—0

After the hopped off the train, the teenagers then hailed a taxi. Giving specific information in smooth Japanese, Utau stated the directions to the cabby who nodded to every detail the idol gave. They had to take two taxis, given their number, so the idol had to reiterate twice the instructions to another cabby. The girls and guys decided to group together: of course Utau had Amu and Tadase. Although naturally, she would get stuck with Kukai, she would never let anyone else steal her precious Amu from her.

And so, pouting over the fact that they both can't get Amu, Nagihiko and Rima grudgingly made their way to the other cab together with Yaya and Kairi. At this little exchange, Amu would laugh sheepishly. They all got in their respective taxis and waited the next turn of events to play out.


1 hour later…

After an hour of just sitting and talking, and basically, doing nothing else, the teens' butts felt…sore, and quite wet as well. But, on the bright side, at least it was all worth it. And so, after paying the fare, which was quite high, mind you, the teens all eagerly hopped off their vehicles and stretched their sore muscles.

"Ah! Finally we're out!" Kukai bellowed, clearly relieved. He then proceeded to grab the luggage at the trunk. He handed the bag to Tadase but held Amu's and Utau's.

"Hey! Give us our bags!" Utau exclaimed.

"Nope" Kukai emphasized the 'p' part, "First of all, it's my duty as Amu's older brother," he didn't bother to use air quotes like how he has always done so. Everybody in their little group was already used to Kukai's older-brother-complex towards Amu, "And secondly, milady" he didn't bother to explain as he eyed Utau mischievously. The blonde fumed, huffed, then stomped her foot and turned away,

"Have it your way, idiot!" she growled then led the way through narrow, cobwebbed streets.

"Uh…where are we going, exactly?" Yaya asked, carrying her backpack over her shoulders. Utau remained quiet; a clear sign that she wants to keep it a surprise. The rest understood this immediately for they asked no more. With their bags slung on their bodies, they made their way through stoned paths narrowed by stone walls of the neighboring establishments with spider webs and dusts fluttering about.

"Alright, just answer this question then: how far more?" Rima demanded, swatting away some spider webs in her path with a pen she brought out from her bag a few minutes ago. Her spinal column shuddered unconsciously as she saw a dead cockroach fall from one of the spider webs she removed, "so gross…" she mumbled.

"Just a bit more; I'll tell you when you guys should close your eyes, okay?" they nodded without complain. During the time when they had nothing else to do, Utau asked if they would like the shack to be a surprise and they all agreed to it. As such, she came to the conclusion that taking "the shortcut" would be the best inception of the surprise. The childish 'close your eyes' part is just an additional thrill.

"Okay…" Amu mumbled uneasily. After a few more minutes of walking, Utau faced them with a billion-dollar grin (something that made Kukai feel Jell-o in the knees), and spoke the words they all been waiting for,

"Guys, close your eyes" she said. (I was planning on finishing it here but I did promise you guys that Ikuto will appear in this chapter…). The teenagers did as they were told. They carefully walked out of the narrow pathway and did not dare open their eyes when they felt cold, summer breeze hitting their skin in a teasing manner, or when they heard the sound of the ocean splashing against rocks and/or calmly dancing by the shore. When they smelt the wafting summer air, they kept their eyes shut and focused instead on what they seemed as a hovering establishment, judging from the shadows cast upon them.

"Well…?" Yaya beamed, growing more and more impatient by the second.

"Okay, open your eyes now" they did as instructed and gasped on instinct. The shack…no…mansion was amazing! It wasn't the emblematic type of mansion with huge alabaster pillars and taunting golden trimmings that dared you to touch any thing inside the abode; no, for Pete's sake, it was all but scary! It actually radiated a very warm and homely atmosphere. It was a bubbly hue of yellow with sky blue outlines. The 'shack; was mostly of wood and glass which added to it's homely feeling.

"WOW!" six teenagers breathed, clearly amazed by the view.

Yaya, Tadase, Kairi, Nagihiko, Rima and Kukai all gasped at the wonderful structure Utau calls a 'shack'. They were all awestricken by the "awesome-ness", as Kukai loves to put it, of it all. The teenagers could not seem to take their eyes of the edifice; all of them except Amu…

…Amu, who can't take her eyes off a certain blue…

And I'm not talking about the ocean here, people. This is the real deal.


(1) LOLZ, I seriously have no idea what the ef you call that –not really a fashion person

(2) I'd be more comfortable using Celsius but then, the numbers would have to be low; which is not the point of making Utau wear a hawwwwwttt outfit, so I decided on Fahrenheit instead.

(3) Are Yaya's eyes orange? Were they auburn? Brown? I'm not so sure since I don't really observe minor character's traits. If you guys know, review/PM me about Yaya's eyes then I will quickly change this.

(4) Sorry but I majorly suck at explanations like these. Lame…

(5) KYAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! NEW RHYMEEEEESSSSSSS!!!! If you guys don't know them, it's okay. They're a dance crew at my school and this is sorta their uniform. They're quite popular with the ladies, especially JASCEEEEELLLLLLLL!!!!!!!! XD

Me: AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! CLIFF HANGER!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Ikuto: WHY YOU LITTLE—

Me: Uh-uh-uh, Ikuto, that's not our deal. I promised to have you appear here, and you did. I did not specify anything and you did not ask for details; I did our part of the bargain—you showed up in this chapter, therefore, you must do your part of the bargain and lose the mob. Seriously, lose them.

Ikuto: fine, fine, you little smart aleck. Hey you people heard her, scram!

Fan girls and AmuTo fans: awww…..

Me: Don't worry, the next chapter(s) will have so much AmuTo in them, you'll be begging for some KuTau, RimaHiko, and KaYa

Ikuto: really!?

Me: not exactly. But, I promise you that the next chapter will be AmuTo.

Ikuto: JUST AmuTo?

Me: It's so easy to right KuTau; I just feel so natural writing scenes for them so there might be some traces…

Ikuto: aww….

Me: don't worry, you an Amu are the main focus.

Amu: -gulp-

Ikuto: D'you hear that Amu-koi, we'll have some bonding time together!

Amu: Just review…I'm sure that's what she would want.

Me: good girl, Amu-chan :D btw, this chap is long. Haha XD