Eve: School sucks so bad and I've only been in it for three days.

Amu: Why?

Eve: Because I can't sleep until like 2 AM and then I have to wake up at 7, not to mention I don't get home until 6PM so I barely get anytime to touch this fanfic AND my mom says I can't watch anime on the weekends so I have to wait for Tina and she has an extra jampacked schedule.

Ikuto: Wow. That's… interesting.

Eve: I'm also making her a birthday gift because it's on Monday and I haven't even started.

Amu: *facepalm* You're kidding.

Eve: I'm not and do the disclaimer pls. Even on Friday I have homework.

Amu & Ikuto: Eve and Tina do not own Shugo Chara. It is owned by PeachPit. They only own the plot, Melody, Ayaka, Atsuko, Asuna, and Akame.

Chapter 11

~Ikuto's POV~

I saw Utau and Ayaka leave, thinking what they were gonna talk about.

"Hey Ikuto, can we talk?" Mahiru asked.

"Hmm? Sure." I said, hiding my uncertainty.

"We can't talk here, over there." Mahiru said, pointing to a place where not many people were.

"Uhh. Ok?" I said, now even more uncertain.

We walked over there and then he started talking. "Hey Ikuto, do you like Ayaka?"

"What would you say if I said yes?" I said, very carefully.

"I would tell you to back off." he said, giving me Ayaka's famous glare.

"She really rubbed off on you. And to answer your question, I don't like her." I lied. Kind of. I don't like Ayaka, I know that much.

"Still, if I see you trying to flirt with her or anything like that you are dead." Mahiru said, giving me one last angry look and left to join Ayaka and Utau who just came back.

"Hey Utau, what did you and Ayaka talk about?" I asked, tense.

"We were talking about something that's a surprise for after the dance." Utau said.

"Yes, it's really special!" Ayaka said, smiling brightly. But it seemed forced.

"Oh. I see." I said, relaxing a little.

"Mahiru, can we dance?" Ayaka asked Mahiru.

"Of course." Mahiru said.

I watched them as they danced together across the dance floor and laughed together. But something was kind of off. Again, Ayaka seemed to be forcing her laughter a bit.

"Excuse me?" said a voice I didn't know.

I turned around. The source of the voice was a girl with blonde hair and cobalt grey eyes. I have to admit she was beautiful. She was wearing a white, sleeveless dress with a sweetheart neckline that reached her calf and had a green and silver ribbon at her waist. Her hair was curled and her bangs were clipped to the left with a snowflake clip. She had no makeup on besides light pink lipstick. And she has a Shugo Chara. A girl. Her Shugo Chara had long blonde hair that reached her knees, chocolate brown eyes, a schoolgirl outfit, and she was holding a violin.

"Yes?" I answered her.

"You're that guy who's always surrounded by girls during lunch and break right?" she asked, a smile on her face. At least it was genuine.

"Yeah. And you're that new girl right?" I asked.

"Kaori Fujimoto. 15. Pleased to meet you." She held out her hand.

"Ikuto Tsukiyomi. 18. Pleased to meet you too." I shook her hand.

We talked for a bit. We talked about our interests and about our Shugo Charas. Her Shugo Chara's name is Melody. Apparently we both play the violin. Thankfully, she likes someone else so I don't have to worry about that. She's funny and easygoing too. She would be a great friend. While we were talking, I'm pretty sure I felt glares from guys. GUYS. Well, that proves she's popular. I looked over my shoulder and saw Ayaka and Mahiru resting. I decided to show Mahiru that I don't like Ayaka so he'd get off my case.

"Do you want to dance?" I asked Kaori.

"Sure!"

We went to the dance floor and started dancing. We talked while dancing and ended up laughing a lot. I really have to introduce her to everyone else. Especially Utau. Utau will love Kaori.

~Ayaka's POV~

Mahiru and I danced for about 1 hour before we got tired. It was 7:16 now. The dance ended at 10:00 but we could leave whenever we want. We were talking when I spotted Ikuto on the dancefloor. He was with another person. This person was a VERY beautiful girl. Blonde hair and gray eyes. I saw a small floating thing next to her too. Her smile was contagious and she looked around 15.

"Hey guys! What's up?" Kukai said, coming over with Utau.

"Nothing much." Mahiru said. "We're just taking a break."

"Actually I have a question." I said.

"What?" Utau asked.

"Do any of you guys know who that girl is?" I asked, nodding over to the girl dancing and laughing with Ikuto.

"Not at all." Kukai said.

"She's the new girl at our school," Utau said. "15. something."

"Kaori Fujimoto." Mahiru said, staring disbelievingly at the girl.

"YOU KNOW HER?!" we all yelled. A few people looked at us like we were crazy.

"She was a friend of mine before I moved." he replied.

"Well it's time to call Ikuto and his friend over." Kukai said. He looked at Utau.

"IKUTO!" Utau shouted, waving her hands in the air.

Ikuto heard and talked to Kaori for a bit and they both came over to us.

~Ikuto's POV~

"IKUTO!" I heard Utau shout.

"Uhmm… my friends are calling me. Do you want to come with?" I asked Kaori.

"Sure!" she said, a smile still on her face.

"Just warning you they're a crazy bunch."

"I'll be fine."

We started walking over and it turned out it was only Utau, Kukai, Mahiru, and Ayaka.

"Mahiru?" Kaori asked, smile gone replaced with a look of shock.

"How's life Kaori?" Mahiru said, a little pissed.

"Wait. You two know each other?" I said, in complete and utter disbelief.

"Yes. We were friends before he moved without a goodbye and without calling me for the past 3 months and making me worry for no reason when he's obviously safe and sound." Kaori said, also getting angry.

"Sorry." Mahiru said, suddenly scared. My only question is why he's scared of Kaori. "Anyways, why did you move here?"

"Seiyo has a good music program." Kaori answered, a smile back on her face.

"Oh yea, you play the violin right?" Mahiru asked. She glared at Mahiru, not as scary as Ayaka's but still scary, and he got the idea.

"Say Kaori, who do you have a crush on?" Atsuko asked, smirking, popping out of nowhere. Most likely thinking about their ship name or something.

"Umm…." She blushed. "Well it's -"

"Not important right now, we'll talk about this after the dance." I said, looking at Atsuko. She really needs to fix this problem of hers. "Anyways let's go dance."

Kaori gave me smile that said 'thank you' and we headed to the dance floor.

~Ayaka's POV~

Say Kaori, who do you have a crush on?" Atsuko asked, smirking. Most likely thinking about their ship name or something.

"Umm…." She blushed. "Well it's -"

"Not important right now, we'll talk about this after the dance." Ikuto said, saving Kaori from saying her crush. "Anyways, let's go dance."

Ikuto and Kaori headed back to the dance floor. Kaori gave him a smile and he gave her smirk in return. They started dancing again, and they looked so happy. And I was here unsure about which gorgeous guy I should date. What if Ikuto's happy with Kaori? Then I should be happy with Mahiru. Right? I glanced over Utau and saw her growling at Ikuto.

"Ayaka are you ok? It seems like you've been forcing yourself to be happy." Mahiru said.

God damn he's good at reading emotions. "Yea I'm fine, just thinking too much."

"Alright." Mahiru said, but his worry didn't leave his face.

"Really I'm fine." I said, forcing myself to smile.

"Ok, maybe some dancing will cheer you up." Mahiru said.

"Yea, maybe it will." I said standing up, and walking to the dance floor.

~Timeskip to After Dance~

"Wow that was wonderful!" Atsuko said. Then suddenly smirking she asked Kaori, "So Kaori it's after the dance, who's your crush?"

"It's a secret." she said, winking.

"What? Darn it." Atsuko said, pouting.

Kaori laughed. Tadagay, Lulu, Makoto, Amu, Nagihiko, and Rima left earlier so we were heading to Kaori's house. Which just happens to be next to Ikuto's house.

"WAIT HOW DID WE NOT KNOW WE HAD A NEW NEIGHBOR?" Atsuko and Utau asked.

"Maybe because we're out of the house too much?" Ikuto suggested. "Plus she only moved into the house yesterday. She was living in an apartment for a while before she moved here."

"Ikuto… how do you know all this? Are you interested in her?" Atsuko said, smirking again.

Sebastian and Kukai ended up laughing and I just stood there silently. I don't think Mahiru liked that Ikuto might be interested in Kaori either.

"No reason." Ikuto said,his ears turning red. And for some reason Mahiru seemed kind of happy. Wait. Ikuto, half blushing, Mahiru is kinda happy. OMG. Then if I'm right then, Mahiru and Ikuto are, or were, fighting for my love.

"It isn't common knowledge to know something that most people don't know." Atsuko said still smirking.

"Oh shut up." Ikuto said leaving.

"Come one Utau, Kaori. We better go or he's gonna wander around again."

"Yea. Come one Kao-chan (AN: If you get this reference, THANK YOU. If not, idc. ~Tina)." Utau said.

"Utau, you already made a nickname for her?" Atsuko said running off.

"Duh." Utau said running after Atsuko.

"AH! WAIT UTAU! ATSUKO!" Kaori said running after them.

"Ok. Let's go home Ayaka." Mahiru said.

"Yea. Let's go." I said tired.

Halfway home I was kind of dizzy. Probably from all the dancing I did, and felt faint.

"Hey Ayaka you look sick. Are you ok?"

"I am kinda dizzy."

Then my knees buckled and I fell. I landed in Mahiru's arms. At least I thought that it was Mahiru's arms. It kinda felt like arms of 2 different people. Then I heard Mahiru yelling something about going to hell, and then I heard Ikuto say something like she's mine, not yours. It might as well have been a dream because everything suddenly went black.

Eve: I'm now freaking out because I might not be able to write this very often. And this chapter is short in my terms! I have no idea what the hell Tina's doing right now either.

Amu & Ikuto: SHORT?!

Ikuto: It's four pages on Docs.

Eve: Yea. Compared to the new fanfic I'm working on it's short. I haven't even divided it into chapters yet and it's like… 40 pages? Maybe more?

Amu: … Please R&R. It makes this crazy person who writes more than necessary happy. She'll probably be focusing on this one more though, now that school has started.

Everyone: BAIIIIII!

AN: Uhmm wow. Ikuto is very OOC this chapter. I just noticed that. Sorry guys. I need to freshen up my skills again.