Chapter 10

I've been doing this for about a month and a half. My charas have gone inside their eggs with X's on them and I've gotten new charas; Dylan, Braydon, and Lyon. It's pronounced like Lion, but it's spelled like Lyon. They all have boy names, but they're all girls.

Dylan is my punk side. She has black, straight hair with blue, purple, and pink tips. She wears ripped up jeans, a 'I prefer the Drummer' shirt, combat boots, black beat headphones around her neck, black ripped gloves, and a backwards gray cap. She's my desire to be free and rebel against what I don't want to do.

Braydon is my singing side. Her hair changes every day and so does her clothes. She's like a singer; she acts like one and looks like one. The thing is, she only wears jeans, shorts, and sneakers. They change, but it's kind of always the same style. She's what I'm forced to be. Even though I love her, I don't like what she represents.

Lyon is my hyper, carefree side. She has wild hair that's the same color as lion's mane, though it's usually in a tight ponytail. I have no idea how it's possible, but I guess it is. She wears light blue jean shorts, orange/yellow NIKE shoes, a crop top with the number 85, and an orange camisole.

I'm kind of different, too. I dyed my brown hair black with blue tips. I now where light, sometimes really dark, make-up. I kind of also changed my name. I am no longer Maya. Weird, huh? I am now Mayumi.

"Mayumi to the practice room. Mayumi to the practice room." I sighed. Ever since I got popular, they're constantly calling me to somewhere. An hour ago it was the rec room, now it's the practice room? I've already practiced 3 hours. TODAY! I am so tired. "If you don't want to do it, then don't go. It doesn't matter anyway." Dylan snorted.

Braydon gasped. "How can you say that?!" She pretended to faint. Oh, did I mention she was overly dramatic? Yeah. She's more dramatic than a soap opera. "Singing is my life! How can you say that in front of me?" Braydon said, fake tears appearing. Dylan rolled her eyes. "Easy. I move my mouth and talk." Braydon rolled her eyes, sighing. "You were supposed to apologize and start sobbing." Me and Dylan raised an eyebrow. "You watch way too many soap operas." I tell her, standing up.

On my way to the practice room, I ran into the Tsukiyomi siblings. "Hey, Utau. Ikuto." I nodded at them. "Hey, Maya." I clenched my jaw. "It's Mayumi and what do you want?" Ikuto smirked. "Did you lose something?" Lyon appeared behind Utau's head. I sighed. "Again? Really Lyon?" She smiled sheepishly and rubbed her neck.

"Going to practice again?" I nodded. "Wow. They work you harder than me." Utau said. I shrugged. "Why did you join anyway?" I slightly stiffened. I can't tell anyone or they're going to hurt my siblings. I shrugged. "I liked singing and need to get away from those sniffling little brats." I saw all 3 of my charas wince. They all knew the real reason.

Ikuto raised an eyebrow. "How come your charas winced?" I shrugged. "How am I supposed to know? They're just little things who have an annoying little voice." I mentally winced and apologized to my charas. Then I walked away, sneering. When I was out of earshot of the siblings, I turned to my charas. "I am so, so sorry. I just wanted to get rid of them. I'm so sorry." I winced. My charas smiled. "It's ok, we know you were only trying to protect your siblings." I smiled back. "Mayumi!" I heard Yukari's voice. I mentally groaned, while my charas groaned out loud. "Mayumi, you were supposed to be in the practice room 10 minutes ago!" I shrugged which made her sigh.

"What am I going to do with you?" I smirked. "You can't afford bad publicity." I rolled my eyes. Yukari sighed. "Let's just go." We walked to the practice room and I was there for 2 hours before I sarcastically mentioned a break. Turns out, the dance instructor was more tired than me.

I managed to sneak out of the building from the roof. I character changed with Lyon and jumped from building to building. I stopped in front of the hotel my siblings were staying at. I walked in and into a nearby bathroom. I made sure no one was in there and I put my wig on and contacts in. I now had blonde hair and green eyes.

I walked out and looked around. I listened for a loud noise and when I found it, I followed it. "Maya, first you need to talk to the manager." I sighed and nodded. I hate it when my charas are right. I went to her office and knocked. "Come in!" I heard her call. I went in. "Hello. I'm Maya and would like to know if I could babysit here. Are there any parentless kids that I can watch.

She smiled at me and nodded. "There actually is. I don't know if you can handle it, though. Ever since their big sister left, they've been trouble." She sighed. What? Trouble? I smiled and nodded. "I can handle it, don't worry about it." The manager smiled. "Okay then! They're in the lounge right now, playing with Takumi." I nodded and went to the lounge. The manger walked with me. "I'll pay 5 dollars per child for every hour. There are 6 children." I smiled. "I can handle it. I actually have 6 younger siblings of my own. I had to leave for their safety though." She gave me a sympathetic smile.

"Their big sister left about a month ago." I feigned confusion. "Why?" She sighed. "I don't know. She does just left one day and asked me take care of them for her." She sighed again. We entered the lounge and it was the definition of chaos.

Little Marie was sobbing, Austin was laughing a kicking and tearing Little Marie's doll, Lily was sitting on top of the speakers with nail polish and make-up on the floor all around it, Arthur was wrestling with Peter, and Mia was flirting with Takumi, who was trying to get everyone to settle down.

I sighed. I inhaled deeply, then whistled as loud as I could. All noise stopped. Everyone turned to me and I smiled. "Hey! The name's Maya. I'm here to talk care of you guys!" My siblings were silent. "Maya?" Peter whispered. I nodded. "That's my name!" I smiled.

"Have you always been a blonde?" Mia asked. I feigned thinking. What should I say? What should I say?! "No. I used to have brown hair. I dyed it about a month or two ago." My siblings had wide eyes. "Do you have any siblings?" I smiled. "Yes. I have 6. They're all younger than me." What am I doing?! "Where are they?" My smile dropped. "I don't know. My parents took them away. They thought I was a bad influence. They live in the U.S."

Nice lie idiot. Why thank you. "Well, take care then." The manager said, walking out. "Ok, what do you guys like to do?" I already knew the answer to that. "Peter and Arthur like to wrestle, Mia and Lily like make-up and stuff like that, Maria likes dolls, and Arthur likes cars." Yep. That's them. "Ok then!"

I looked around and moved toward the stage. I moved the piano off the stage and surrounded it with tables. "Peter and Arthur can wrestle but can't go past the tables." Takumi and me carried them over the tables and they started wrestling. "No killing or maiming, got it?" They both nodded and continued wrestling.

"Mia and Lily can do each others nails and make-up at a table." I put the nail polish, glitter, and accessories at one table and the make-up on another. They sat down and Mia started doing Lily's make-up.

I turned to Austin and Little Marie. "And Austin and Little Marie can play on the floor." I put all their toys on the floor and stood back to admire my work. I realized that my siblings were all looking at me. "What?" I was confused. What did I do? "How did you know that her nickname was Little Marie." Oh. OH FUDGE! How am I supposed to explain that?! I shrugged. "She's little and she looks like a Marie, not Maria." I said coolly. Nice! I know. "Oh." They all looked disappointed.

I was playing with Austin and Little Marie when one of Austin's cars got stuck in my wig. Oh god. "I'll be right back." I said nervously and I went to the bathroom. I took off my wig and tried to get the car out of my wig. "Maya? Are you ok in there?" Oh no! I forgot to lock it! "Uh, yeah! Don't come in!" I heard Takumi knock again. "Maya? Are you ok?"

"Uh, yeah! Do not come in!" I said again. "Maya, I'm coming in!" My eyes widened. "No! Don't! Just, uh, give me a minute!" This guy does not get it! I heard him about to open the door. "Don't open the door!" I yelled at him, getting ready to punch his lights out. He opened the door, but he wasn't the only one that was there.

"Who are you?" Mia sassed. "I, um," I took a step backward and slipped. When I fell, one of my contacts came out. Everyone just stared at my contact. "Are those contacts?" Peter asked me. I chuckled nervously. "Um, kind of, yeah." I popped out my other contact, revealing me grey/blue eyes. "Wait a minute! That hair! Those eyes!" Oh god. Please don't tell me that she's a fan of- "Mayumi!" Mia and Lily squealed. I sighed.

"Wait, as in the famous Mayumi that became a huge hit a month ago?" I nodded. "Why are you here?" Takumi asked, confused. "I came to check on Maya's siblings for her." All of my siblings shut up and stared at me. "You know Maya?" Mia asked me. I nodded. "Yeah." They looked at each other. "Why did she leave?" Little Marie asked me. I sighed. "I-She left to protect you guys. Some people kind of threatened her. If she didn't do what she was told, you guys would get hurt."

They all looked surprised. "What? Why would they threaten Maya? She's a sweet girl." Takumi looked even more confused. I sighed. "It's complicated." Then my charas came out of no where. "Maya! Yukari is asking for Mayumi and- are these your siblings? Awww! They're so cute!" Braydon squealed. Dylan nodded. "Yeah they're cute." Lyon started pinching Little Marie's cheeks and my eyes widened.

"What are these things?" my siblings were staring at my charas. "You can see them?" they nodded, even Takumi, though he didn't seem that freaked out. "You have 3? I only have 1." A chara appeared from behind him. He had a white long sleeve button up, a black vest, silver beat headphones, jeans, and gray high-tops. Overall, he looked like a pianist.

"My name is Keiichi, pleasure to meet you." Dylan raised an eyebrow. "Nice to meet you to, pretty boy. The name's Dylan." Braydon blushed. "Pleasure is all mine, Keiichi. My name is Braydon." I rolled my eyes at her. Then Lyon appeared and jumped on him. "Hi! My name's Lyon! Like Lion, but with a y!" She giggled. I pulled Lyon off of Keiichi.

"What did you guys want?" I asked them, getting annoyed. "Yukari wants Mayumi on stage in-" Lyon looked at the clock. "5 minutes!" she giggled. I sighed. "You idiots." I said, flicking the 3 of them. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"We wanted to meet your little brothers and sisters!" Lyon said, pouting. "Maya, we have to go! Our fans are waiting for us!" Braydon dramatized. I rolled my eyes and got up. "See ya. I might be back tomorrow." Then I left.