Joven: as always, credit goes to everybody who reviewed and gave positive comments on the story. There aren't any negative reviews, and I'm glad that there're none. Also, you can give me ideas about what song should I use on the birthday party, because I'm not very good at music, so yeah. I present you, Chapter 4!

(Note: Because I have nothing to fill you guys in, the date will jump till September 13! Gomen )

Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara!

Chapter 4, the preparations.

Days passed like seconds, and without any event, September came. It is a Sunday, so Amu does not need to get up early. She woke up and stretched herself.

"Ohayo, minna!" Amu said, smiling to her Charas.

"Ohayo, Amu-Chan!" All her Charas greeted her, happy to see that Amu is feeling great.

"Amu-Chan, have you decided how are you going to spend your time today?" Miki asked, wondering what Amu has planned for the day.

"Hmmm… Maybe I'll do some window shopping." Amu replied, thinking of where to go.

"Amu-Chan," Ai started saying, "You won't be going anywhere today."

"Huh? But why?" Amu asked, wondering why she is not allowed to go shopping.

"You'll know soon enough." She replied, giggling.

As Amu was wondering, footsteps of someone could be heard and suddenly, the door to her room opened. It was her mother.

"Amu-Chan, you have friends visiting you." She said, smiling at Amu while leading Rima, Yaya and Utau into her room.

"Rima, Yaya, Utau!" Amu said, and was shocked that they would visit.

"Amu-Chi! Long time no see!" Yaya said, hugging her tightly.

"Ya…Ya…!" Amu said, struggling to breathe.

"Yaya, we came to talk, not to kill her." Utau said.

"Girls, please have a sit. I'll go make tea." Amu's mother said, slowly closing the door.

"So, why have you girls decided to come?" Amu asked, wondering why the girls would visit her on a Sunday.

"Well, Utau suggested holding a birthday party for you, for your sweet sixteen." Rima explained.

"EHHHH? Aren't I too old to be having parties?" Amu asked, not going for her idea.

"Don't worry. This won't be a very big party." Utau assured, "It's only the whole of Seiyo High and some of your old schoolmates. Not forgetting your relatives."

"EVERYBODY FROM SEIYO HIGH!" Amu asked, shocked to have heard what Utau said.

"Yeap! And we've planned it out. You're going to have a party at the park, where someone always plays the violin there! Also, Yaya will do all the plannings!" Yaya said, excited to be able to be helping Amu celebrating her birthday.

"Rima and Nagihiko will design the cake… Nagihiko will be the DJ of the day." Rima said, going along Yaya's flow.

"And I will sing for you that night. It will be a free concert for everyone in Seiyo High and your friends and relatives." Utau decided this for Amu.

"Party ,party!" Ran cheered, being happy for Amu.

"It's a good idea." Rai said, nodding in consent.

"I'll help Yaya with the designing." Miki said, as she smiles at Amu.

"I'll help with the cooking desu!" Suu said, happy to be able to cook.

"It'll be great to have people you love at your birthday!" Dia joined in, persuading Amu to accept her friends' offer.

"Please, Amu-Chan? It'll be great!" Ai persuaded.

"I don't think… I can reject now, can I…?" Amu said, as tears of joy are beginning to form in her eyes.

"Silly, save the tears until your birthday. So it's set. Just be pretty that day and enjoy what have we planned for you. And also, practice more on your violin. You are going to play it that day." Utau said, smiling at what she had accomplished.

"W…WHAT?" Amu asked, having regretted to accept the offer.

"You heard me. Now, practice, alright? Just be the best you can be." Utau said, as she slowly gets up.

"There's still 11 days for you to practice. Be in your best form that day, alright?" Utau requested.

"Just leave all the planning and stuffs to us and your Chara, Amu-Chi!" Yaya said, winking.

"And don't fall sick during this period of time." Rima warned.

"H…Hai!" Amu said, "Thank you…"

"Oh come on, Amu-Chi! We're all good friends, aren't we?" Yaya said, smiling at her.

"Yeah… Haha!" Amu smiled to them.

"Anyway, where are there two new Charas, and one is a guy…?" Rima asked.

"You're right…" Yaya noticed.

"Well, let me introduce you, Rai and Ai. They're love Charas, …"

(Sparing you from the boredom of reading what you knew. If you don't, read it from chapter 2 and 3!)

"I see! It's so romantic!" Yaya said, envious of Amu. "I want to be in love too!"

"Me too." Rima said, turning into a ball.

"I wonder why Kuukai and I don't have one." Utau starts thinking.

"Well," Rai started saying, "Love Charas exist when the two in love are far apart, too. When the Chara king sends us, they made sure that the two are separated for long enough, and still had feelings, before dispatching us to the lovers."

"It's becoming more complicated…" Yaya, Rima, Utau and Amu said.

"Well, slowly, it'll all be clear. Of course, when the Charas of the two owners meets, something miraculous will happen." Ai said, winking at Amu.

"Anyway," Utau said, slowly getting up. "Just stay healthy for these twelve days. We don't want anything to happen to you. And remember, don't let Kiddy king knows about the two love Charas. Who knows what he'll start to do.

"Okay. Thank you, for organising a party for me." Amu replied, smiling.

"Don't worry. You won't have to fork a single cent." Utau replied, smiling back at her at the thought of money matters. Her brother, who usually does not care for anything, decided to sponsor the whole party just for the girl she loves.

"Let me-"

"It's okay, we can leave by ourselves." Rima said, slowly standing up.

"Amu-Chi just go and practice your violin, okay?" Yaya said, winking at her.

"Alright, thank you in advance, minna." Amu thanked her friends, as the girls left her room.

"They're really good friends, Amu-Chan." Dia smiled to Amu.

"Yeap, they really are." Amu said, and stood up.

"I need to practice my violin now, and I guess this is how I'll spend today's time." Amu said, slowly taking out her violin.

"We'll sing along to the songs you played!" Her Charas decided. And the long practice started…

-Outside

"So, Ikuto is coming back for the party, right?" Rima wanted to confirm.

"Yes, he will be back in time for the party." Utau assured.

"Yaya is going to plan everything perfectly!" Yaya cheered, having some ideas in her head already.

"Alright, so everything will go as planned. I'll get the park set up and the stage built. I'll contact you after the setups are done, Yaya." Utau said.

"Hai! Leave everything to Yaya!" Yaya winked.

"So, the cake will also be the one we discussed?" Rima asked.

"Yes. We're also giving Amu a makeover. I'll contact her that particular day." Utau said, giving this conversation a conclusion.

"Alright, if something comes up, contact each other, first." Rima said.

"Okay. I still have work, if you'd excuse me." Utau said, and then leaving the two girls to go prepare the necessary stuffs for Amu's birthday.

-Tadase's room.

After the last rejection, Tadase had actually decided to give up. However, he recalled that Ikuto is not in Japan, and also Amu's birthday is nearing. Slowly, a plan came into his mind. In his hand, it was Kiseki's X egg.

'Being a king isn't important anymore.' He thought. 'What I want is Amu, and nothing else.'

-Amu's room.

Soon, night came. Amu decided to rest from a whole day of practicing the violin. Her fingers were going numb, but she was glad that she improved a lot.

"Amu-Chan's violin is getting better and better desu!" Suu said, falling in love with the sound of Amu's violin.

"So this is what they called, 'power of love'." Miki teased.

"S…Shut up!" Amu said, blushing from Miki teases.

"But when we're singing," Ai said, placing both hands on her chest, "I could feel that Amu-Chan's love for Ikuto-kun is getting stronger and stronger."

"And the the sound of the violin is great. People who play the violin for the sake of playing won't produce such sound, sound that makes people want to fall in love." Rai commented.

"D…Don't say that!" Amu said, her face turning as red as a tomato.

"Amu-Chan is getting red!" Her Charas said, harmoniously.

"Okay, so I love Ikuto, okay! And a lot at that!"Amu confessed.

"Amu-Chan is in love!" Her Charas teased again.

"Okay okay!" Amu said, slowly walking to her table again. She flipped open the closed diary.

I've been practicing the violin for the whole day, after I heard that Yaya, Rima and Utau decided to hold a birthday party for me. They really are good friends. Of course, Nagi and Kuukai are helping out, too. I am wondering, if you would make it, Ikuto-koi.

Oh ya, my Charas said that I am getting better at the violin! Ikuto-koi, I hope to be able to play a piece with you, when you come back for me.

I miss you, baka neko mimi cosplay hentai!

Amu.

She closed her book, her hands still numb from playing the violin. She then went lying on her bed, 'I miss you, Ikuto-koi.' She said, before drifting into sleep.

At the airport of London, Tsukiyomi Ikuto just arrived from his ride from Las Vegas. He was wondering how the birthday party had been planned when a phone call came.

"I thought I had to call you." He said.

"And I'm surprised you pick the phone so quickly." His sister said.

"I just landed. So, how's the preparation going?" He asked.

"Well, we're going to hold her party in the park where you always play your violin for her. I'll confirm the price with you after everything's done." Utau said.

"Okay. Anyway, this concert is going to be our last." He told Utau, wondering how she would react.

"Really? I could see my dad?" Utau asked, excited.

"Yes. Oh, and I don't plan on proposing to Amu on her birthday, cut that away." Ikuto said.

"Why?" Utau asked, wondering if his brother had a change of heart.

"I'm going to make my proposal special, so cancel it away from your plans." He said.

"So someone's going to make a special proposal, huh?" Utau said, trying to tease his brother for the first time.

"And someone's getting married." He teased back.

"Okay, okay! I'm not getting married until he proposes to me, alright? Stop thinking about it. I'm going shopping with Yaya and Ri-MA to get the stuffs needed for the party. Talk to you if something crops up." Utau said and then, killed the call.

'Ah! So it's Rima not Rina, damn it!' Ikuto thought. He then placed his head down, smiling, 'Wait for me, perverted child.'

Joven: Sorry if it's a disappointing chapter. I can't think of anything better then this, but the boring part all ends when it reaches the party, that I can assure you!