Night Before The Sakura Chapter 10: Dance at the Ball, a shugo chara! fanfic

~Normal POV~

"Can Saaya be more of a slut?" Rima said in disgust. Amu and Rima were on the field bench, watching the cheerleading squad practice. Just yesterday Saaya changed the uniform. Now every cheerleader was wear a blue and white skirt that was super short and their shirt were tight and showed their bellies. But that's not all. Saaya, who was the head cheerleader, changed her uniform by adding gold glitter on it. She said people have to no who's the head cheerleader just like singers have an outfit different from the backup singers. And then there are the high heels. Yep, Saaya also added high heels to the new uniform. Now the girls looked taller and walked funnier.

"I told you to do a triple backward cartwheel. You only did two." Saaya screeched.

"I'm sorry Saaya-sama but I can only do two. I can't go up to three." A girl with brown hair said. Saaya let out a frustrated sigh. Saaya then told them to do it over. Rima and Amu then looked over to the football team. They were practicing for the big game on Saturday. Kukai was the football captain so everybody was cheering for him to win. Yep the whole school came to watch the practice. Suddenly a screech came up again.

"Wait here Rima. I'm going to go end the girl's misery." Amu said as she got up.

"Okay." Rima replied. She was watching Nagihiko over by the fields. Amu went down to the fields and walked toward the cheerleading squad. There was the brown hair girl crying on the grass and one of her cheeks was red.

"Hey Saaya. I thought the head cheerleader is supposed to encourage girls to cheer and do their best; not slap them because they can't do one stupid move. I mean if she can't do it then change the routine." Amu said. Saaya glared at Amu.

"Don't interrupt cheerleading practice with your ugliness." Saaya said.

"Hey Saaya. Why do you tell her to do it? I mean can't the head cheerleader do it if someone can't? Unless you can't do it." Amu said. Saaya glared at Amu harder.

"Of course I can do it." Saaya answered.

"Then do it." Amu said. Amu notice that everybody had gone quiet and was listening to our conversation. Even the football team stopped. Even F4 was listening to Amu and Saaya. Saaya then tried to do three backward cartwheels. She lost her balance at the first cartwheel and fell on her butt. Amu chuckled.

"Why don't you do it then? And you have to be wearing high heels." Saaya challenged.

"Sure. Hand me a pair." Amu asked. A girl came up and hand me her high heels. Amu put them on and then went backwards. Amu could see the world spinning before her. She landed perfectly on the ground. The crowd cheered. Amu then took the heels off and went to the girl.

"Hey you know you can quit when ever you want to. You don't have to listen to this bitch." Amu said. The girl stopped crying and looked up. I smiled weakly and stood up. She then went to Saaya and said,

"I quit." She then walked away. Soon some girls followed her. Saaya glared at Amu.

"You bitch. I just lost some of my best girls. Now I'm stuck with amateurs." Saaya screeched.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know they were your slaves." Amu said. Saaya then raised her hand and brought it down. Amu cringed, waiting for the impact but it never came. Amu opened my eyes to see a hand at Saaya s' wrist; stopping her from slapping me. Amu looked up to see Ikuto.

"Don't you slap her." Ikuto said coldly. Tears formed in Saaya's eyes. Ikuto let go and Saaya ran away.

"Thanks." Amu whispered. Ikuto just walked back to his place and soon the football team was practicing again.

~The next day Amu POV~

"Amu guess what?" Rima yelled to me. People started to stare at Rima. I was picking up dresses and clothes for my step-sisters again. Rima ran up to me and waved a card in my face.

"The school's inviting all students to this cruise and then after you get to go to this ball." Rima said in a hurry.

"Whoa Rima calm down. I can't go anywhere for this week, remember? I got too many chores." Rima frowned in disappointment. Suddenly Rima brighten up like a light bulb.

"I know. I have this cousin and she's really good at doing chores. Maybe I can call her to come over." Rima said.

"I don't know." I said. Rima then started to cry.

"Please Amu." I sighed.

"Fine." As soon as those words came out, Rima stopped crying. She got out her cell phone and started dialing. Rima then started to talk really fast. 10 seconds later she snapped the phone shut and said,

"She's coming." I sighed, thinking about what I got myself into.

~The next night~

"I also want you to clean my room." My step-sister finished her list of things. I just nodded my head. My step-sisters were going to go to the party too and were all dress up like dolls. They then walked out with my step-mother. I waited until my step-mother locked the door and then the limo left the driveway. Soon another car came and out stepped Rima and a 14 year old girl with carrot red hair tied into two short ponytails and was sucking on a lollipop. I opened the door.

"Hey Rima." I greeted Rima.

"Hey Amu. This is Yaya, my cousin." Rima introduced me to her cousin. I said hello and let them inside.

"Okay Yaya do your stuff." Rima said. Suddenly Yaya was gone and upstairs I could hear things being places back to where they belong. After a few minutes Yaya came back.

"All done." Yaya said.

"Whoa how you do that?" I asked, looking at Yaya in disbelieve.

"Yaya eats a lot of sweets so she gets sugar rushes 24/7." Rima explained. I nodded my head.

"So my chores are done but what about the ball. It's starting soon and we don't have dresses." I asked.

"I already have that done." Rima said and she pulled out three dresses.

"Why are there three dresses?" I asked.

"Because Yaya is coming too." Yaya said.

"Okay." I said and I took one of the dresses. I then changed in my room. When I got back down Rima and Yaya were already in their dresses. Rima's dress was a strapless red cocktail dress and Yaya's dress was a black and white polka dot tube dress and they both had masks on. (Picture on Profile) Rima handed me a mask too. It was half the color gold and half purple. (Picture on Profile)

"Wow this is nice but why do we have to wear masks." I asked.

"Because the ball is also a costume party. And that mask is made out of real gold." Rima answered. I widened my eyes and dropped it but before it could land on the floor, I caught it. I let out a breath of relief and put the mask on. Before we left I looked at myself in a mirror. The mask went so well with golden dress I had on. (Also Picture on Profile) I then fixed a bit of my hair and went with my friends. We got into the car and drove to the ball. The gates were about to close when we ran to the guards and Rima showed them the invitation. The guards let us through and we went inside. Everybody there had a mask on and was talking or dancing.

"Well you have fun Amu. We'll be looking around." Rima started to drag Yaya with her as I turned around. I walked over to the food table and started finding some food. After I ate a cream puff I started walking toward the dance floor. I then bumped into someone. I looked up to see sapphire eyes.

~With Saaya~

"Okay everybody look for Ikuto. He has to be here." Saaya ordered. Saaya was wearing a purple night club dress and had a purple mask on. She was trying to find Ikuto.

~With Rima and Yaya~

"Rima let me go. I wanted to talk to Amu." Yaya struggled but Rima didn't loosen her grip.

"No Amu needs to have some fun for once and we will not ruin it. Besides you can go find some boy here and dance with him." Rima said.

"No. I won't find a boy. Every boy says I'm childish." Yaya complained. Suddenly a boy with green hair came up to Yaya.

"Hi. My name is Kairi. Would you like to dance?" He asked. Yaya giggled softly and nodded her head. She took the guy's hand and they walked off. Rima looked around. Mostly every boy was with a girl.

"Hello. Are you lost?" A guy asked. Rima looked at him. He had long purple hair and was wearing a black tux.

"Of course not. Are you?" Rima asked him. He chuckled.

"No I'm not but thanks for asking. I'm just looking for someone to dance with. Care to join me?" He asked.

"I only dance with guys who can really dance." Rima said.

"Oh I can dance alright." He said and then showed her a couple of his moves.

"Is that supposed to impress me?" Rima asked. He just smirked.

~With Amu Ikuto POV~

I stared at the girl in fount of me. I couldn't take my gaze off her eyes. She was so beautiful. I mean I dated a lot of hot girls but she was beyond hot.

"Umm sorry. Do you want to dance with me?" I asked her. She nodded weakly. I took her hands and we went to the dance floor.

"Umm wait, let me put in a song." She said and ran off. She then came back and the music started.

Masquerade by Ashley Tisdale

(Play the song. It does with the scene so much)

Hip shaker, dream maker, heartbreaker, earth Quaker
I can be anything that you want me to
Coin spender, mind bender, jetsetter, go getter
I'm changing my getup for anything you choose

Everybody stopped dancing and was watching us dance.

I don't mind trying on someone else
I won't mind seeing just how it felt
I might like changing my disguise
to make you happy

Her moves were perfectly in sync. Our moves fitted perfectly with the music like a jigsaw puzzle.

Here's my formal invitation
you and me go masquerading
Lose ourselves in this charade and
is this love we're imitating?
Do we want what we've got?
If not, I say "So what!"
Here's my formal invitation

"There's Ikuto! Wait why is he dancing with another girl? No I'm supposed to dance with him!" Saaya screamed.

La la la la, you can be me my
Schoolteacher, mind reader, dream weaver, just be the
One I can count on to play that with me
Hot waiter, cool skater, trail blazer, pulse raiser
Naughty or nice whatever you want to be

I couldn't stop looking at her. She was so perfect. It was like it was meant to be.

You wanna try on someone else
you might like seeing how it felt
do you mind changing your disguise?
If it makes me happy

I lifted her into the air. She landed back on the ground perfectly. Somehow she reminded me of someone I know.

I couldn't stop thinking about where I seen her before. Suddenly the music slowed and so did we. Everybody was watching us now, waiting for the new move we did.

We'll make it fun when it's over and done
I still want you to see the real me
No more disguises, let true love decide
If we should be together

I smirked and raised an eyebrow at her. She shook her head like she didn't want me to see her face.

The song was almost ending. I twirled her and let go. She spun around but before she almost stopped…

La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la

Crash! "That's what you get for stealing my boyfriend." Saaya's annoying voice rang out across the room. There the girl was on the floor and around her were marbles. I ran over and helped her onto her feet.

"Are you okay?" I asked. She nodded her head. Suddenly the midnight bell rang. She gasped and started to run away.

"Wait!" I followed her. Suddenly two other girls followed her. The two girls went ahead into their car and started the engine. I ran faster and grabbed the girl wrist.

"Wait. Please tell me your name." I pleaded her. She looked at me with her golden eyes.

"My name is Uma." She said. And then it hit me. She was the dancer from the competition. She then turned around and ran away. I stared after her. I watched as the car drove away. I then looked down to see an Ipod. I picked it up.

I'm going to find you Uma.