"So you see, I have to go home and deorate the tree with Ami." Amu sighed.
"Helping hsouldn't be a problem." Kukai told her.
"You have no idea Kukai." Amu sighed. "She'll try to use my charas as decorations. And if Sakura comes over to help-"
"No way!" Sakura said, forming her arms into an X. She stared at her sister bluntly, like there was no room for argument.
"Even for half an-"
"No way." Sakura stated again.
"Why not?" Amu shouted.
"I have my own tree to decorate, that's why. Its something mom and I do every year. We decorate the tree together." Sakura told her. "The day after we get it, and we got it yesterday." Sakura told them.
"What a wonderful tradition." Nadeshiko smiled. Sakura blinked, blushing.
"Y-Yeah." she nodded.
"Okay! what happened between you two? you were so good at supressing your blush, but now all that progress is down the drain." Amu asked. Sakura blushed and told her what happened with Sasuke, and then with Nadeshiko.
"So that's why Fujisaki's cheek is red!" Kukai shotued, pointing at the dancer.
"Yes, she slapped me. But Iw as being serious. If slapping me made her feel even a little bit better, then she was allowed to hit me until she was fine." Nadeshiko to them.
"I don't whether to think that's sweet, or masochistic." Amu sighed.
"A little of both I guess." Nadeshko blinked.
"Anyway, back to the Ami thing." Amu sighed, not wanting to know anymore of her sister's love life.
"Yeah, my bad about that. Seems that I would be wrong." Kukai said, nervoulsy smiling.
"But, being lively is a good thing, I guess." Nadeshiko cheered.
"Amu-chi! We're done!" Yaya cheered. The charas rolled out a sheet of paper, showing them the tree design.
"So, how does it look?" Miki asked.
"its cute! Its really great Miki!" Amu praised.
"Thanks." Miki smiled.
"After school, we'll buy the decorations." Amu smiled.
'What about this?" Amu asked, holding up a Santa ornament. "Ami will love this." She smiled.
"Its really cute!" Yaya smiled.
"You're a really great big sister. You even know her tastes." Nadeshiko smiled.
"Its not that..." Amu muttered, blushing slightly.
"Look at these!" Sakura smiled. The girls ran over to her, and looked at the charms she was holding up. There was a christmas butterfly, that had red wings, with green trees on them. The other one was a white bird, with silver wings. The third ornament was a pixie wearing a red Santa dress, and hat.
"They really suit you! Especially with your charas." Nnadeshiko nodded.
"I'm done! I want this one!" Chou cheered, holding up a fan ornament.
"I'll take this one!" Jay smiled, picking up a blue fuzz ball, that had silver tinsil in it.
"I want these two." Sashi smiled, holding up a smaller version of the female Santa pixie, and a small mirror ornament.
"You guys want those ones?" Sakura asked.
"Wait, are there anymore fuzzbals?" Sashi asked.
"Yep! there's a green and white one, and a red and black one left! Better hurry!" Jay smiled. The charas, placced their ornaments in Sakura's hand, and flew off, gathering their fuzzballs.
"Get a pink one." Sakura shotued after them. She ignored the looks that a few cusomers gave her.
"A pink one with purple accents!" Nadeshiko smiled, walking over to her. "Here, hold still." She smiled, taking out a red ribbon, she put Sakura's hair in bun, with hair traveling down her back. Nadeshiko showed Sakura two red chopsticks that had ornaments dangling from the edge. Nadeshiko placed them gently in Sakura's hair. "Done" She smiled.
"Wow! Saku-chi! You look pretty with you hair up!" Yaya smiled.
"Yeah, it suits you!" Kukai agreed.
"It does, maybe you should get those." Tadese agreed.
"Let's see." Amu muttered, pulling the chopsticks out. "Whoa...can you afford this?" she asked her sister. Sakura looked at the price tag and her mouth dropped. She sighed, shaking her head.
"No." Sakura frowned. Her charas flew back. "I can't afford these with the money I have on me." Sakura frowned. Her charas looked at each other and huddled up.
"What's the deal with those chopsticks?" Chou asked.
"Nadehsiko picked them out." Temari commented, floating up to them. "she put Sakura's hair up, and placed the chopsticks in her hair."
"Everyone said that she should buy them, but they're out of her price range." Daichi told them.
"Temari! Hold this!" Jay said. Temari held the blue fuzzball, watching as Jay flew over to the chopssticks, sneaking a peak at the price, her eyes widened and she flew back to them.
"What's wrong, dechu?" Pepe asked.
"She can afford the chopsticks."
"Then why is she saying that she can't?" Daichi asked.
"Cause we want some ornaments. If we didn't get any, she would have enough for the chopsticks." Jay said sadly.
"Really?" Chou asked. Jay nodded.
"Well, then let's put these back! I want Sakura to be happy!" Sashi smiled.
"Yes, it would be nice." Chou nodded.
"Guys, do you have the ornaments that you want?" Sakura asked, looking at the group.
"Uh! No!" They replied quickly, trying to hide them.
"Okay...just remember, we're leaving soon." Sakura told them. She handed the chopsticks back to Nadeshiko.
"Come on Temari, let's pay for our things." She smiled, winking. Temari nodded, and flew over to her owner.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm buying the chopsticks for her. Sh!" Nadeshiko smiled, walking up to the counter. Temari smiled, and flew back to the charas.
"You don't have to get rid of the decorations!" She told them.
"Why not? We want Amu to get those chopsticks." Chou said, placing her fan decoration on the counter.
"Nadeshiko's buying Sakura the chopsticks!" Temari smiled.
"Really?" Chou asked. Temari nodded, and handed Jay the fuzball.
"Here you go! Get it!" Temari smiled. The charas smiled and flew towards Sakura, their smiles even brighter.
"Sakura-chan! We want these!" They smiled, holding up the ornaments from before. Jay also held up a pink fuzzball with purple tinsel in it.
"Alright." Sakura smiled, taking them.
"Do you want your own little bags to carry them in?" Sakura asked.
"Sure!" Jay and Sashi smiled.
"I would love too." Chou smiled. Sakura hand the cashier the ornaments, placing them in three different piles for three different bags. Once the pink ball was paid for, she placeed it in her breast pocket, smiling.
"Hey, did yo uguys see the newspaper this morning?" Kukai asked them, as they regrouped inside the shop.
"No." they answered.
"You won't believe it. Apparently the King and Princess are together." Kukai told them.
"What! We are not!" Sakura blushed.
"What are you talking about, Sohma-kun?" Tadese asked.
"They had a picture of Sakura ontop of Tadese, and their faces were so close, that you two were about to kiss." Kukai told them. Nadeshiko gasped, and glared at Tadese, grabbing Sakura's waist. Her ribbon turned into two flower clips.
"She's mine! Back off." Nadeshiko growled, her voice rougher. She pulled Sakura into her chest, resting her head on the pinkette's shoulder.
"I don't remember that...wait a minute! Minami-san. When her heart egg was turned into an X egg. Sakura literally ran into me. And the only reason our faces were so close, was because she was showing me her eyes." Tadese realized.
"Really? I'm pretty out of it during that time. My body and senses take over, and they go to the X egg, while i take a backseat, barely registering what happens." Sakrua told them.
"She's still mine, so you still back off." Nadeshiko growled.
"I will!" Tadese promised.
"Okay, that makes me feel bad." Sakura muttered.
"I don't mean, its because you're not pretty, Haruno-san. You're very pretty!" Tadese said. That last remark earned him another glare from Nadeshiko. Tadese rambled on, trying to make peace with what he said, while not getting growled at by Nadeshiko.
"I get it." Sakura said.
"Thank god." Tadese sighed. He and the rest of them bought their decorations, heading out of the door. Su and Sashi were the last two to leave. Su got hit by the door, and fell to the ground, dropping her gift.
"Are you okay?" Sashi asked, just as her gift was ripped out of her hands. She felt the air around the palms of her hand, blinking slowly. She looked up seeing Yoru, holding both the gifts.
"You can't take those, desu~!" su whined.
"Fetch!" Yoru said, tossign the bags to the cats. A white cat caught Su's, while A tan cat caught Sashi's. The cats regrouped, running away.
"Come back, desu~!" Su shotued, chaisng after them.
"Su! Stop!" Sashi shoouted, flying after her. "We can get new decorations!" Sashi shotued, following the cook. They chased the cats up a flightly of staris, and across the railing.
"Alright! This is far enough!" Yoru smiled. The two cats meowed, throwing the bag. Sashi caught hers, but Su missed hers, and it landed in a motorcycle compartment. Su flew down getting her present.
"Su! Get out of there!" Sashi shotued, just as the driver closed the compartment. "Su!" Sashi shotued.
"I-I don't know anything!" Yoru shouted, flying away. Sashi growled, and flew after the bike. She caught up and placed herselfbetween the guys's feet, resting.
"i just have to wait for him to stop and get off, then we can go back to Amu and Sakura." Sashi muttered, determined.
"Alright, see you guys tomorrow." Tadese smiled.
"Say hi to Ami for us." Nadeshiko smiled.
"Sure! Thanks for coming!" Amu smiled.
"Later!" kukai smiled. Nadeshiko kissed Sakura's cheek and smiled, walking away.
"Bye-bye!" Yaya cheered, rushing off. Amu and Sakura waved to them, as they walked away.
"um...Amu." Ran muttered floating to them.
"What?"
"Su is..." miki trailed off.
"She's gone, isn't she?" Amu asked. The charas nodded.
"Geez! I can't take my eyes off of her for a second!" Amu growled. "Where did she go!" Amu shouted.
"Sakura, Sashi's gone as well!" Jay shouted. Sakura gasped and looked around.
"Amu, both of our green charas are missing!" Sakura told them.
"Where'd they go!" Amu growled, running away. Sakura followed her.
The scooter slowed to a stop, and the man got off. Sashi smiled, and picked up her gift, flying to the seat. Once he opened it, Su shot out, flying away. Sashi followed her.
"Su!" She shouted. Su looked at her counterpart and smiled.
"Thank god you're here, desu." Su sighed in relief.
"We have another problem." Sashi told her.
"What, desu?" Su asked. Sashi pointed behind her and Su turned around.
"Where is 'here'?" Sashi asked.
"Su!" Amu shouted, looking in a small space between two buildings. Sakura squeezed between them, and quickly opened the dumpster that was there.
"Sashi!" She shouted, pawing through it slightly.
"They get buried?" Amu asked. Sakura cloed the lid, and crawled back out, shaking herself of dust.
"No." Sakura sighed.
"Come on, let's go." Amu sighed. They ran into a flower shop, looking around. Their charas shouted out the names of the missing green girls. After the flower shop, they entered a library, looking around. They looked through serval stores, running from one to another, trying to find Su, and Sashi.
"Six-forty-five." Sakura read the large clock.
"If i don't get home soon, I'll be in trouble." Amu sighed.
"My mom has a big report, but she won't be back until late tonight. and late tonight, usually means around 3 in the morning. i can still look for them." Sakura smiled, running off.
"I hope Sashi's found her way back home. She's able to get out of any situation calmly, and not freak out." Jay muttered.
"Yeah, you're right. I'll check home, and if she isn't there, I'll go back out and search...after I change." Sakura sighed, looking at her dirty uniform. There was even a small tear on the right side of her skirt. She had throughly searched through the smaller places, making sure they didn't miss a thing. Of course that meant pawing through dirty places, like a homeless girl, but she didn't care, she was the only one that could fit, and lift things without any help.
"When I'm hungry...I loose my strength." Su muttered, starting to fall asleep.
"Su!" Sashi shouted.
"I can't! The chirstmas tree is waiting for me to decorate it!" Su declared, "I have to get back to Amu's house, desu!" they floated to a fork in the road.
"Great...now which way do we go?" Sashi asked.
"At times like this, there's only one answer!" Su smiled, placing down her gift. A whisk appeared in her hand and she put it on the ground. it fell down, and rolled to their right.
"Let's try this way first." Su smiled, flying away, present in hand.
"This can only lead to disastor...I just know it." Sashi sighed, following Su.
"Haruno! What are you doing out here, so late at night?" Kukai asked. Sakura turned around, facing the Jack.
"Su and Sashi have gone missing! I was just trying to find them!" Sakura told him.
"Shouldn't you call it a night?" Kukai asked.
"Yeah, I guess so-Wait! What are you doing out this late?" Sakura asked.
"Well, I was grocery shopping, for me and my brothers!" Kukai said.
"I guess we both have good excuses." Sakura sighed.
"Yeah." kukai agreed.
"Hey! gaki!" A man shotued. He had dark brown, spiky hair and sideburns. He was wearing a red muscle shirt, and denim jeans. He was quite muscular.
"He's big..." Jay muttered.
"What, Kaidou?" Kukai asked.
"Let's go! Mom wants us back soon!" Kaidou shouted at him. Kukai nodded.
"Haurno, Do you need a ride?" Kukai asked, turning to his friend.
"Nah, I can just take the train, and use my house key..." Sakura trailed off, diging into her jean pockets for her keys. "They're gone...I left them at the house." Sakura cried, falling to her knees, dejected.
"Isn't your mom home?" Kukai asked.
"What's the big deal, you brat?" Kaidou asked, walking up to them.
"My mom isn't home...she's preparing tomorrow's report for the station..." Sakura cried.
"Want a ride to Fujisaki's?" Kukai asked.
"Right! I'll just call her and ask if I can spend the night! Or I can call Amu!" Sakura said happily. Her face fell, and she became dejected again. "I left my phone at home..." She cried.
"Really?" Kukai shotued. Sakura nodded sadly.
"What's going on? We don't have time to talk to your little girlfriend." Kaidou told him.
"A. She's not my girlfriend. She's dating someone else." Kukai told him, "And b. she has no placee to stay for the night." Kukai told her.
"Fine, let's go." Kaidou sighed, walking away.
"You can use our phone to call Amu if you want." Kukai smiled.
"Thank you!" Sakura smiled, following him.
Su and Sashi sneezed.
"Its getting chilly." Su muttered.
"Oh! This is a big house!" Sashi gasped. They nodded at each other and floated to one of the windows, opening it.
"Pardon the intrusion." Su called out. The door to the bedroom slammed open, causing the charas to scream in shock. Saaya was tearing the room apart, crying.
"Its gone! The pink lip gloss I just bought is gone! Tomorrow my lucky color is pink, and I was going to use it to win Kukai-sama's heart!" Saaya cried.
"I'll try somewhere else." Su sighed.
"Wait. I wanna do something." Sashi smiled, setting her gift on the window ledge. She flew into the room, and surveyed it, quickly finding the pink lipgloss. She grabbed it, and dropped it in her bag, floating out.
"that was mean, desu." Su scolded.
'She should learn to keep better track of her things. Besides! I wanna give Sakura a Christmas present and I can't buy anything. I think this lip gloss would look great on her." Sashi smiled. Su sighed and floated along, Sashi following her.
Su and Sashi floated along, trying not to fall asleep.
"Su...look out for that...dog." Sashi muttered, falling to the ground, tired. Her wings stopped moving and she struggled to keep her eyes open, and saw the white, shaggy, dog lick Su..
"Sashi! This dog is lost too!" Su chered. Sashi nodded slowly and fell asleep. Su smiled, and picked up Sashi, carrying her to the dog's head. The dog grabbed the gift, holding it in his mouth.
"Ah...I see. So Sashi and Su ran off." Kukai muttered.
"Un...Sashi may be tough and strong, but she can get tired, and she can also cause some trouble." Sakura muttered. She was sitting on Kukai's bed. the Jack was preparing a spot on the floor next to the bed, for himself. He had changed into his pajamas, a white shirt, and green sweatpants. His mother had leant Sakura a yellow night gown that reached the girls knees. One of the straps kept falling off her shoulder, resting on her arm. Sakura had called her mother at the station and Tsubaki had said that she could spend the night at kukai's house. Sakura had even passed the phone to Kukai, and he got the message to not let the girl out of her sight. Kukai had let her take his bed, but there was some debae, because Sakura didn't want to trouble him. In the end Kukai had forced her to take the bed, while he slept on the floor.
"Well, Sashi should be able to take care of herself and Su. She's a fighter." kukai smiled.
"Yeah, but she's also a little pixie." Sakura muttered.
"Come on, Haruno! They can handle themselves...I mean, Su might not be able to, but she has Sashi with her! They'll be fine." Kukai smiled, sitting next to her.
"Do you really think so?" Sakura asked. Kukai smiled, nodding. "I just fear the worse." Sakura muttered, hugging him. Kukai smiled, and held her back.
"don't worry, they'll be fine." Kukai smiled, rubbing her back. After a while, he looked at her, and saw that she had fallen asleep. "Heh...you really are a little Princess." Kukai smiled, Laying her on the bed. Sakura subconciously held onto his shirt. Kukai smiled, and laid next to her, continuing to hold her. He fell asleep, Sakura snuggling into his chest.
"Are you guys worried for Sashi?" Daichi asked them. They were sitting on Kukai's desk, their eggs set up behind them.
"Not much." Jay admitted.
"She can take care of herself. I am more worried about Su." Chou agreed.
"Yeah, she's a bit of an airhead, but that makes her sweet." Daichi smiled.
"Yes, she is a very sweet little girl." Chou agreed, smiling.
"But again, she's an airhead, I worry about her, and she's only our cousin. I'm not even that worried for Sashi! I'm more worried about Su for crying out loud!" Jay shotued.
"Sh!"Daichi told them, pointing to the bed. "Look."
"AW! That's so cute!" Jay whisper shotued.
"I hope that they just fell asleep talking." Chou muttered.
"Why?" Daichi asked.
"Because of Nadeshiko-chan." She answered.
"Oh yeah...I can't believe I almost forgot about the fact that they were dating." Daichi muttered, slapping his forehead. "Stupid."
"Well, I'm going to go to sleep." Chou sighed, flying over to her egg, opening it. She crawled inside, curling into a ball, her wings acting like her blanket.
"That must be nice. To have wings warm you." Daichi sighed.
"It is, see for yourself." Jay smiled and hugging him, her wings wrapping around him.
"Soft and warm." he smiled, hugging her back. Jay nodded in agreement, and laid on the table, curling into a ball. Daichi curled asleep next to her, her wings covering him.
"Soft and fluffy." Sashi smiled, cuddling into the dog.
"Yes...very soft and flufly." Su agreed, falling asleep.
Sakura yawned. Kukai walked next to her, looking at her, as she yawned.
"Eh? Did you not get enough sleep?" Kukai asked, teasing her.
"We fell asleep at around midnight...of course I'm tired." Sakura yawned again.
"And you wanted to stay up until three in the morning, looking for Sashi. I think you would be dead on your feet." Kukai chuckled.
"At least my mom brought me my uniform." Sakura smiled.
"Yea, but she couldn't take you back home. She could only drop off your things and go back to work." Kukai muttered.
"She's always busy like that."
"Does it get lonely?" Kukai asked.
"Not really." Sakura shook her head. "It makes the time we are able to share together even more special...so I love it. But there are times when she has to put her job above me. That odes make me a little sad, but she has to pay the bills, so I don't let it bother me!" Sakura smiled.
"Hey! Kukai!" A boy asked, running up to them.
"What is it?" Kukai asked.
"There's a soccer meeting this morning."
"Really?" Kukai asked.
"Yeah! Didn't you get the call last night?" the boy asked.
"No, we were busy. My mom may have gotten the call, but forgot to tell me once I got home from grocery shopping with my brother." Kukai said. "Haruno...you don't mind if I...?"
"No! Go ahead!" Sakura smiled. "The meeting will probably be important. Besides, I don't want Saaya to kill me." She chuckled, pointing to the rich girl.
"Alright! See you in the Royal Garden!" Kukai said, running ahead of her, with his teammate. Sakura saw her sister, walking with the little boy they saved. Chou and Jay watched in all as all three of them sighed at the same time, Amu and the boy wakling up to Sakura.
"We're so depressed that we're in synch." Sakura sighed.
"I know...its pathetic." Amu muttered, the three of them, walking into the school.
"What? Su and Sashi ran away!" Yaya gasped.
"They didn't really run away..." Sakura muttered.
"At least, I hope they didn't" Amu added.
"Do you have any idea where Su might have gone?" Tadese asked.
"What about Sashi, do you have any idea?" Nadeshiko asked.
"Well, I looked around on the way to school." Amu sighed, shaking her head.
"And I searched until Kukai found me at 10:00 at night. And he had to force me to go home and rest." Sakura sighed.
"You ran into Kukai?" Nadeshiko asked.
"Yeah, Kaidou-nii and I were shopping when i saw her. She had forgot her keys and her phone at home." Kukai chuckled.
"Not funny! I ended up sleeping at your house, with your four strange brothers! And I'm convinced Rento is gay! My mom even said that I had to sleep in your room, because I was scared of them!" Sakura shouted, blushing.
"WHAT!" Nadeshiko shouted, standign up.
"H-Hey! I said that she could call you, but she didn't want to wake you and trouble you!" Kukai shotued.
"He's right! Besides! Nothing happened!" Sakura insisted.
"Kukai will be beaten up, if anything happened." Nadeshiko growled, hugging her girlfriend.
"Why couldn't mom pick you up?" Sakura asked.
"She was busy at the TV station. She had to stay there until 3 in the morning. I didn't have a choice." Sakura cried.
"I'm worried about Su!" Jay shotued, bringing them back on track.
"What about your sister?" Temari asked.
"Like I told Daichi last night, Sashi can handle her own, but Su's a bit of an airhead!" Jay shouted.
"Don't worry. Su may be a tad carefree, but she's reliable." Nadeshiko smiled.
"That's right, and besides she's a shugo chara, born from Hinamori." Kukai laughed.
"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" Amu asked him, causeing him to chuckle.
"And Sashi's strong!" Daichi added.
"I know that. I just can't help but worry." Sakura sighed.
"Alright. We'll help you guys search after school." Kukai smiled.
"Of course!" Yaya cheered.
"Indeed." Nadeshiko smiled.
"I'm a bit worried though. Kiseki." Tadese commanded.
"Right." Kiseki nodded, flying towards the charas. "Loyal subjects, the world domination organizational meeting planned for toady will be put on hold!" He announced. "As for now, we will be searching for Su and Sashi." He told them.
"yeah!" Ran, Miki, Chou, and Jay cheered.
"That sounds better than a boring meeting." Daichi smiled.
"Sure does, dechu!" Pepe smiled.
"I can still hear you guys." Kiseki muttered.
Su and Sashi were on the dog's head, the dog holding the gifts in his mouth.
"Thank you for yesterday!" Su smiled. "Your fur was really soft, desu! I was able to fall right asleep!"
"Hey, what's that?" Sashi muttered, pointing at a brown wallet. The dog walked forward, placing the gifts on the ground, and picking the wallet up in its mouth.
"Let's go give this to the police station." Su smiled, flying off. The dog barked, running after her.
"Su! Sashi!" Daichi shouted, looking around.
"They're not here, dechu." Pepe muttered, looking under a machine.
"They are quiet troublesome commoner." Kiseki muttered, messing with a spider's web.
"Su! Su!" Ran and Miki shouted.
"Sashi!" Jay shouted.
"Sashi, where are you?" Chou asked, searching through a small flower bed.
"Its great that we got the wallet to the station!" Su cheered, riding on the dog's neck. Sashi was flying next to the dog.
"Useless!" An X egg exclaimed, bouncing past them.
"An X egg, desu!" Su shotued. The puppy tilted his head.
"Chase it, puppy! We have to catch it!" Sashi shotued, grabbing the fur on his head. The dog barked and chased after the X egg.
Ran and Miki floated to the ground, spotting two pink bags.
"These are the gifts that Amu and Sakura bought for Sashi and Su!" Miki gasped.
"Ran! Miki!" Jay shouted, flying baove them.
"You find anything?" Chou asked.
"They were here!" Ran shouted, holding up the bags. Jay and Chou smiled, flying down to the presents. Jay opened one of them.
"Yep, this is Sashi's. It has the Christmas pixie, the green fuzzball, and the mirror!" Jay smiled, pulling out the mirror. She put them back, closing the bag.
"What are we going to do?" Su cried as they ran through the park. A hand reached out, grabbing the X egg.
"Wait a minute...you're..." Su muttered.
"Huh! you guys still haven't returned to them?" Yoru asked.
"Them? you mean Amu and Sakura?" Su asked.
"N-Never mind!" Yoru shouted.
"Who are you, and what are you going to do to that X egg?" Sashi demanded.
"We're going to break it of course." Yoru snickered. "Cleaning up the garbage and getting rid of the X eggs is our job-Nya." Yoru told them.
"You can't desu!" Su shouted, flying forward and taking the egg. She flew back and pressed hte egg against the dog, who growled at Ikuto and Yoru. Sashi floated in front of the dog, taking a fighting stance. Her pixie wings were fluttering in anger.
"Give it back!" Yoru shouted, flying towards them. The dog barked, making Yoru freeze.
"That's dirty!" He screechd, flying back to Ikuto.
"I don't know who you are, but you are not getting your filthy paws on this X egg." Sashi demanded.
"Don't interfere." Ikuto said, a giant clat paw enveloping his right hand.
"Ikuto!" A blonde girl called. She had twin ponytails and was wearing a black dress. "You don't need the power of a character change to handle an opponent like that, do you?" She asked.
"Ah. She's a pretty person, desu." Su sighed.
"I won't be charmed by a pretty face." Sashi declared.
"We're heading off!" Sakura and Amu shouted, running off.
"Be careful!" Tadese called.
"Let's go too." Nadeshiko told them.
the blonde girl walked down the steps, standing next to Ikuto. "there's no reason for the X egg to resist. Let's destroy it and go home." she said. Ikuto nodded, taking away the paw.
"You can't break this egg! I won't let you!" Su declared.
"How else can you deal with an egg marked with an X?" the girl smirked.
"Amu and Sakura would do something about it!" Su shouted.
"Are you, Amu's shugo charas?" she smirked. "This will be even better." Devil wings appeared on her back. She threw out her arm, black sparkles flying towards them. It grabbed the egg, pulling it into the girl's hand.
"No!" Sashi shouted.
"All we need is the Embryo, worthless X eggs should just disappear, right, Ikuto?" She asked. Ikuto nodded.
"No! Amu would never say something like that! She would try to help every egg, no matter what! SHE WOULD HELP THEM!" Su screamed.
"Sakura would clean them, each and every one of those eggs! She enjoys seeing people with their eggs, their dreams sparkling! SHE PROTECTS EVERYONE!" Sashi screamed.
Sakura and Amu turned around.
"Was that Su and Sashi's voices just now?" Amu asked.
"X egg! I can feel it!" Sakura shotued, the black dots dancing in her eyes.
"Maybe Su and Sashi are with it! We have to check!" Amu shouted. Sakura nodded and lead the way.
That voice!" miki gasped.
"It was Su!" Ran said happily.
"I just heard Sashi's voice!" Jay shouted. Daichi, and Temari truned towards her.
"Yes, I can hear it too! let's go!" chou nodded, carrying Sashi's gift bag.
"Su!" Amu shouted, roundng a corner.
"Amu-chan!" the green cook shouted, flying towards her bearer.
"X egg located." Sakura said, pointing at the egg, her eyes returning to normal.
"Huh? Ikuto?" Amu gasped, her attention went to the girl holding the egg. "Who's that pretty girl..." Amu muttered.
"Sakura! She's trying to break the egg! You have to stop her!" Sashi shouted.
"Su character transform." Amu smiled.
"what?" Su asked.
"You can do it can't you?" Amu asked, smiling.
"H-Hai!" Su smiled, facing towards them. Amu's Humpty lock glowed green, light flooding out of it. The Dream Shield around Sakura's neck did the same thing.
"My own heart: Unlock!" They shouted, twisting their hands infront of their necklace. Sashi got down on one knee, closing her eyes in victory. She pumped her left fist in the air, and hled the right one of in thte victory sign. The green and white egg closed around her.
The egg gently drifted into Sakura's open palm. Sakura smirked and placed the egg against her glowing, green chest. Light green pixie wings rolled out of her back. The top wings had black clovers, while the bottom wings had white clovers. The wings ended at the ground, and past her head, being a foot longer. Sakura threw her fists forward, green sparkles covering them and turning into dark green, fingerless hand gloves. She wrapped her arms around her chest, sparkles following her movements. They covered her torso, turning into a dark green vest. The vest zipped tself up halfway. Under the vest was a light green, short sleeved shirt. Sakura flippeed into a handstand, sparkles covering her legs, as she flipped. She kicked her feet straight up, revealing them to be green boots, that reached her ankles. Green and black sparkles covered her legs. when Sakura flipped again, they flew away. Sakura landed in a crouching position, She stood up quickly, revealing the sparkles had formed a dark green miniskirt, with black shorts on underneath. Sparkles covered her legs, and neck. The sparkles around her neck turned into boxing gloves, held together by a string. A green hair wrapped around Sakura's hair, putting it into a ponytail. Another green ribbon wrapped around Sakura's neck. The dream lock was placed on a green chain, hanging from her neck.
Sakura flipped back, spinning to where they saw her left side. Sh pulled her left arm back, turning her hand into a fist. She punched her other fist foreward, punching the air. Her face turned towards her audience, glaring at them, and serious look on her face. "Chara Nai: Emerald Protector!" Sakura shouted.
She landed on the ground, her eyes widening. "I feel so powerful..." She muttered.
"Chara nai: Amulet Clover!" Amu and Su cried.
"Su, Sakura, Sashi...let's do this!" Amu smiled, holding her hands up. Sakura nodded and jumped into the air, her pixie wings flapping.
"Sugar, honey, and syrup! Let's disolve everyones feelings, with sweets!" Amu smiled. Her lock glowed a bright green light. The X egg flew ut of the blonde's hand, and into the sky.
"Time to catch it!" Sakura smiled, she brought her arms up to her shoulders, mking her hands into fists. She drove her hands down, sliding them through the boxing gloves. "Time for some crowd control!" Sakura smiled, her gloved fists punching each other. She flew towards the X egg, battling it into a single spot.
"Amu! Let's go!" Su cried.
"Right." Amu agreed. She twirled around, dough forming from the whisk. "Remake Honey!" Amu shouted, golden honey flowing out of the whisk. Sakura flew higher into the air, after punching the X egg towards the honey. the X egg flew into it, turning white, and purifying.
"You did it!" Sakura smiled, as the white egg flew away.
"Yeah! We didn't even need Pure Dust!" Amu smiled.
"That makes me feel kinda useless." Sakura sighed.
"You kept the egg in place." Sashi told her. Sakura nodded, smiling. She back flipped in the air, landing next to Amu.
"Man, I feel so energized!" She smiled, jumping in her spot. She punched the air a few times, almost like she was a boxer. Su flew out of Amu, returning her to normal. Sakura sighed as Sashi flew out of her. "No I feel lazy compared to that." she muttered.
"That was our first chara nai together!" Sashi smiled, giving her a thumbs up. Sakura nodded.
"Hey, wait a minute...where have you been?" Sakura yelled.
"I'm sorry." Sashi muttered.
"But, Its fine now." Chou smiled.
"you dropped this, didn't you?" Jay asked, holding out the pink bag.
"Oh yeah! Now that you mentioned it, I did! The puppy put it down when he picked up the lost wallet. I forgot about that." Sashi muttered in realization.
"Really...your memory is dreadful." Chou sighed.
"Hey! The X egg jumpeed by after we got the wallet to the station! We didn't have time to think about our gifts!" Sashi shotued at them.
"Hinamori-san! Haruno-san!" Tadese shouted, running up to them.
"Thank goodness, you found them." Nadeshiko sighed in relief.
"Ah! Amu-chan! Do one more Chara nai, desu!" Su told her.
"Why?" Sakura asked.
"The dog tag!" Sashi gasped. Sakura looked at the dog tag, realizing what they meant.
"Oh, I see, the tag is unreadable." She muttered.
"Remake Honey could probably fix it." Amu smiled.
"The third street on the southern block should be around here somewhere." Kukai muttered, looking around. Yaya smiled, petting the dog. The dog barked and ran to a gate, barking at it.
"His house seems to be over there." Tadese smiled.
"Looks like he's back at his home sweet home." Sakura smiled.
"Speaking of home, we should be getting back." Amu smiled.
"And done!" Sakura smiled, placing the star on top of the tree.
"Its perfect!" Tsubaki smiled. Sakura nodded and hoped off of the chair she was standing on.
"Christmas is really going to be great this year! i can tell." Sakura smiled.
"Un. We're near Amu-chan, and we're able to spend Christmas with her this year." Tsubaki smiled.
"Un! And I've found someone that loves me! I can't wait for Crhistams to come!" Sakura squealed, jumping up and down.
"Yes, and I can't wait to formally meet this boy that you've been dating." Tsubaki smiled. Sakura nodded in agreement, jumping up and down.
"She didn't even notice what her mother said." Chou sighed.
"She was probably to excited about finding the perfect present for Nadeshiko." Jay muttered.
"I can tell, Christams is going to be great!" Sashi agreed.
"Yes, we went to so much trouble to get the perfect decorations for the tree." Jay smiled at their younger sister.
"Not my fault! I was helping Su! H-e-l-p-i-n-g!" Sashi shouted, blushing.
"We know!" Her sisters laughed.
"Nadeshiko...is that the present for Sakura-chan?" Baya asked, walking towards the young girl.
"Un! Shes going to look beautiful with these." Nadeshiko smiled, finishing wrapping up the large box. Baya smiled, and walked away, going to find Nadeshiko's mother.
"In the end, you didn't go for the chopsticks as a gift." Temari sighed.
"They're still in there, I just needed something else for her." Nadeshiko smiled, picking up her box. She slid it into her closet, placing some other things around it, hiding it.
"She's going to love it...I just know it." Nadeshiko smiled, closing the door to her closet.
"Yes, she will." Temari agreed nodding.