Amethyst: Yay!!!!! Thanks to: kazorashi, Sakura MaiHime, BrickBlossom4aLifetime, soccergirl56 and Juleskat101. I'm back with another chapter of this awesome story!!!!!!

Kukai: Actually bad things keep happening to me so I would categorize this story as awesome.

Temari: At least you get to be with Nadeshiko.

Kukai: True. Hey! Why does everyone keep saying that Nade and I will get together.

Rhythm: Because it's true.

Kukai: Not you too.

Amethyst: I must warn everyone that A LOT OF THIS CHAPTER IS WRITTEN IN A FLASHBACK BECAUSE I WROTE A LITTLE LAST WEEK AND A LITTLE TODAY.

Kukai: You were just lazy.

Amethyst: Nope! It's just because I only have time to type on the weekend and I was a little lazy. Just a little!

Temari: How little is little?

Amethyst: ANYWAY!!!!!!!! I shall begin the story now!

Rhythm: But you didn't answer our question!

Kukai: Yeah!

Amethyst: I'm the authoress and I say no! I don't own Shugo Chara! (This chapter was not really edited so please don't kill me if they are a lot of mistakes!)


FLASHBACK

Kukai's P.O.V

A few weeks of school have passed and now it was October and today was Halloween.

Rhythm ran in my room screaming with shopping bags in his hands, "KUKAI!!!! GUESS WHAT?????"

"What?"

"THERE WAS A 75% OFF SALE ON CANDY AT THE MALL!!!!!!!!!"

"Isn't that great…" I said dully.

"Do you want any candy because this is the first and the last time that I'm offering," Rhythm waved one of the bags in my face.

I pushed the bag away, "No thanks."

Rhythm looked hurt, "Oh… alright… I'll just take all my lollipops, chocolate, sweets, toffee, jolly ranchers and candy corn with me and leave-"

My eyes sparkled, "Did you say candy-corn?"

"Uh huh… I got plenty."

"Rhythm Fujisaki, give me it now!!!!" I slowly reached out for the bag of candy-corn and Rhythm quickly pulled it away.

"No way!!!" Rhythm laughed and ran away.

"COME BACK HERE YOU CANDY-CORN CRIMINAL!!!!!!!!!" I chased him around the house and Rhythm cackled evilly.

"NEVER!!!!!" He looked over his shoulder with a smug grin on his face. I ran faster and Rhythm turned a corner. I slid on the slippery floor but I managed to grab something close by and continued the candy-corn chase. After a few more minutes, Rhythm was getting tired of running away from me. I was right behind him now and the candy-corn was within my reach…

just a little more…

almost there…

and…

AAAAAH!!!!!!!!

(A/N: I know some of you are probably thinking: What the heck?)

So far all my mind had processed was:

I had bumped into something/someone.

There was a stained and dirty kimono on the floor.

And last but not least, Temari was on the floor in front of me with an empty cup (I think it had coffee in it) and an absolutely shocked look on her face.

"WHAT DID YOU DO???" Temari screamed in a hoarse voice.

"What did I do?" I rubbed my head and got back up on my feet.

Temari sat still on the floor. I wasn't even sure if she was still breathing. Her bangs covered her face and she looked lifeless. One of her hands slowly moved towards the ruined kimono. Her hands carefully traced the stains and the dirt all over it. She stopped and then she froze again.

"Souma…" Temari said in her angelic voice but it sounded cold, sad and distant… like if she didn't exist anymore.

"… today is the day… that you die."

I flinched and a chill ran down my spine. Temari had promised me this many times when I did something to offend her or made her angry but most of the time she was just kidding. But… but this time… she said it like she really meant it.

"I-I-I'm s-s-s-"

Temari slowly but gracefully rose to her feet and she said in that cold angelic tone, "Save your breath while you still have it."

Temari pulled out a huge naginata out of nowhere and guess what?

It was recently sharpened and it even did that glinting in the light thing. Great! I. Am. Soooo. Dead.

"I guess this is the time where I…" I dodged Temari's naginata when she started to attack, "… RUN FOR MY LIFE!!!!!!"

I quickly ran out of the room and I completely forgot how this all started but I faintly remember candy-corn.

Temari chased me through almost every room in the house. In the chase she had managed to throw a vase, a dictionary, a chair, a small plastic table and a basketball at me. She also managed to give me a little cut on my cheek and soaked me (mostly my shirt and hair) with water. I couldn't keep this up much longer. Temari would catch me sooner or later. Temari grabbed my arm and pulled me to the floor behind the couch. I closed my eyes tightly waiting for the impending attack.

"Kukai! What are you doing? Now is not the time to go to sleep!"

"Huh?" I knew that voice could not belong to Temari. I opened my eyes to see Nadeshiko and a snickering Rhythm.

"Nadeshiko, Temari's-"

"-going to kill you?" Nadeshiko finished.

"Yeah and-"

Rhythm laughed, "Let me guess, you got one of her kimonos dirty."

I had a confused expression on my face and Nadeshiko and Rhythm were cracking up. "How did you know?"

"Because…" Nadeshiko giggled.

"That's the only thing that can make her this mad," Rhythm and Nadeshiko said in unison.

I glared at the two laughing cousins, "Laughing at my death isn't helping."

"Sorry," Nadeshiko held back her laughter and nudged to make him stop. "We'll try to help you Kukai…" Nadeshiko looked over at Rhythm, "… right Rhythm? We'll both help him."

Rhythm laughed and then he looked at Nadeshiko's serious face.

"You're joking, right?"

"No."

Rhythm took a deep breath and then he yelled, "NO WAY!!!!!! I AM NOT GETTING KILLED FOR YOUR STUPID MISTAKE!!! I BARELY ESCAPED WITH MY LIFE THE LAST TIME I GOT HER KIMONO DIRTY!!!!"

"Please Rhythm with a double chocolate chip cookie on top?" Nadeshiko begged with the puppy-dog pout on her face.

Rhythm paused and tried to avoid the cute look on Nadeshiko's face. "Alright… I'll help… but you gotta make that three cookies."

"Deal."

"So how do we get her to forgive me?" I asked.

"Well… if she forgives you or not depends on two things," Rhythm said.

"What?"

"Which kimono it is and how it got dirty," Nadeshiko explained.

"Exactly," Rhythm agreed, "What did the kimono look like?"

I scratched my head, "It was pink and it had really complicated designs and patterns on it. It had little sparkly stones on it and cherry blossoms. I can't remember anything else."

"I haven't seen that one before. She must have bought it here in Japan," Rhythm said.

Nadeshiko's eyes widened and she covered her mouth. Pure shock was written all over her face, "Oh no…"

"What's wrong?" I asked a little uneasily.

"Th-th…" Nadeshiko took a shaky, deep breath, "That kimono might be the one that Temari had specially made by one of the most famous designers in Japan. It was made out of some very expensive materials and Temari even got to help design it. She called it 'the kimono of her dreams'. It cost more money than she spends on shopping for clothes a month."

I suddenly felt guilty and very scared of what Temari would do to me. Rhythm looked like he was ready to faint.

"Y-you said that it m-might be it so there's a ch-chance that it might n-not be," I said quickly trying to look on the bright side.

"Kukai… from your description… I-I am pretty sure," Nadeshiko choked a little on her words.

"It-It was nice knowing you Kukai," Rhythm said quietly.

"He's not completely dead yet. How did the kimono get dirty Kukai?" Nadeshiko asked slowly.

"C-coffee spilt on it,"

"Coffee stains clothes badly," Nadeshiko said.

"He's a goner," Rhythm said sadly.

"I finally found you."

I looked up at Temari cold stare that was directed at me. I tried to move away from her but Temari just slowly walked in front of me until my back hit against a wall. My blood ran cold.

"Na-Na-Nadeshiko, Rhy-Rhythm… a little help here," I squeaked but Nadeshiko and Rhythm were no longer in the room.

"I've got you now," Temari raised her naginata, "Goodbye Souma Kukai."

I stared her horror as I watched what she was about to do.

Temari brought down her naginata on me but she froze in mid-swipe. I looked up into her eyes. They no longer held anger and hate but misery and sadness. A single tear rolled down her cheek and it fell on the floor between the two of us. Soon, tears were flooding from her eyes. Temari dropped her weapon collapsed to her knees beside it.

" M-m-my k-ki-kimono…" Temari sobbed, "my be-beautiful, pre-precious kimono is-is ru-ruined."

"Well that was an interesting twist," Nadeshiko suddenly appeared and I stared her. Nadeshiko stared back, "Well? Aren't you going to comfort her or apologize or something?"

"H-hold on a minute… I gotta… ca-catch m-my… breath," I placed my hand on my heart which was beating a million miles a minute from that scare.

Rhythm had suddenly appeared at Temari's side and he did not look happy, "Kukai…"

"What?" I breathed.

"You made my sister cry," Rhythm said in a seriously scary tone and started to crack his knuckles, "Start running."

"Not again," I mumbled as Rhythm chased me and I ran for my life yet again.


I was now in a car with Nadeshiko behind the wheel. How did I get here when Rhythm is supposed to be trying to kill me you ask? Well… let's just say that Nadeshiko rescued me… again.

"I thought you couldn't drive," I said.

"I can. Rhythm and Temari taught me but my mom doesn't want me to drive until I'm 18," Nadeshiko answered.

"Ok… so where are we going?"

Nadeshiko smiled, "I haven't quite decided yet."

"How about the park?"

"That's fine with me,"

I looked out the car window at the neighborhood that we were driving through. Everything was decorated for Halloween. There were black and orange streamers, jack o' lanterns on porches and fake spiders on some of the windows.

"Hey Nadeshiko," I said.

"Yes Kukai," She replied.

"Why isn't your family getting ready for Halloween?"

Nadeshiko bit her lip and her sad eyes and fake smile returned, "Um… we don't… celebrate Halloween at my house. None of the Fujisakis do."

"Why?"

"We're here," Nadeshiko said quickly and got out of the car as soon as possible. I slowly followed her to a small bench in the park.

'I think that Nadeshiko purposely avoided that question. I wonder why?'

Isn't it OBVIOUS dummy?

'Huh? Wait a minute! You're that annoying guy that speaks in my head. I thought I got rid of you.'

You're still as dumb as ever. I am in your head permanently. You can't get rid of me unless you die.

'Isn't that a pity?'

Sadly.

'So since you're so smart why did Nadeshiko avoid that question?'

Most probably all of this is connected somehow: the incident that happened three years ago, the reason why she does not like to sing, the reason why she doesn't celebrate Halloween maybe even the reason why Temari and Rhythm left Japan.

'It makes sense when you put it that way.'

A lot of things would make sense to you if you'd use your head more often.

'Shut up!'

Your girlfriend is looking at you strangely. Bye.

"Kukai, are you feeling okay?" Nadeshiko asked.

"I'm fine," I mumbled, "um…Nadeshiko do you know that guy? He is coming towards us." I pointed to a boy with blond hair and brown eyes. He looked like was about a year younger than Nadeshiko.

Nadeshiko turned around to look at the guy and she groaned, "Why is he here?" Nadeshiko turned back towards me, "If he says anything just follow my lead."

I barely had time to nod before the guy reached us.

"Hi Nadeshiko-chan," He smiled, "It's so good to see you here."

Nadeshiko smiled brightly, "Thank you but I was just about to leave."

"You can't leave yet. We hardly got to speak to each other and…" He paused for a little while, "…you didn't reply to my question."

Nadeshiko flinched at the last part and I decided to help her out.

"Look, whoever you are, Nadeshiko and I would love to stay and chat but she has to leave here now," I said in a back off tone.

"Nadeshiko, who is your friend?" he asked angrily.

"Um… he's my… boyfriend." I glanced over at Nadeshiko and she squeezed my hand. I knew she was lying so she could get out of this situation but somehow those words made me happy.

"He what?!?"

"I'm sure you heard me. I said that he was my boyfriend,"

"P-prove it," He said a little uneasily.

Nadeshiko looked at me and I could see fear and uncertainty in her eyes. She put her arms around my neck and kissed me.

Whatever I did to deserve this I need to do it more often.

I slowly wrapped my arms around Nadeshiko's waist. She tensed from my reaction but she slowly began to relax. I looked over at the boy but he was no longer there. I guess he believed the boyfriend lie. After a few seconds Nadeshiko pulled back and blushed.

"Let's go," Nadeshiko walked away to the car quicker than I could say 'wait up Nadeshiko.'

I silently followed her to the car and sat next to her while she started the car. There was an uncomfortable silence along the way home. I looked over at her face and I knew that she was bothered by what happened in the park.

"Nadeshiko…" I said slowly.

"Y-yes," She replied.

"…explain."

Nadeshiko bit her lip, "Well… um… you see… that boy has been stalking me for the whole week. H-he wants m-me to… reply to his question."

"Which is?"

"He wants me to be his… girlfriend,"

"And you obviously rejected him… right?" I said a little louder than I meant.

"I… it-it… it is hard for me to say n-no to people to confess to me. I never said no to him…" Nadeshiko said slowly.

I clenched my fists at my sides until my knuckles turned white.

"… but I never said yes either. I'm really sorry I got you into this Kukai. I'm sorry about kissing you like that too."

"You don't have to apologize for kissing me. I didn't really mind it. You have to turn that guy down Nadeshiko or he'll chase you forever," I said.

"You're right Kukai…" Nadeshiko paused, "I'll get Temari to reject him for me. Hopefully, only his nose will get broken."

"I meant to turn him down yourself,"

"I couldn't do that,"

"Yes you can,"

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"We'll continue this later," Nadeshiko said as we stopped in front of her house.


I stepped into my room and locked the door behind me just in case Temari or Rhythm still wanted to kill me. I jumped onto my bed and turned to look at the clock.

8:00 p.m.

I decided to stay up till midnight for Halloween even though the Fujisaki's didn't celebrate it.

8:30 p.m.

I'm bored.

9:00 p.m.

I turned the tv in my room. Nothing good is showing= no sports.

10:00 p.m.

Yay! Only two more hours to go until midnight!

10:30 p.m.

I am talking to myself.

11:00 p.m.

Yawn.

12:00 p.m.

I yawned and stretched, "Midnight at last! Alright it's time to sleep now."

I fluffed my pillow, pulled the sheets over me and I slowly closed my eyes but they immediately snapped open when I heard knocking on my door.

"No one should be awake at this time," I mumbled to myself. The person/monster (Yes I, Kukai Souma, still believe in monsters.) knocked at my door again a bit more urgently this time.

I slowly got out of my bed and stepped towards the door cautiously. I reached out for the doorknob and I turned it slowly after taking a deep breath.

"Kukai?"

It was Nadeshiko's voice.

"Can I come in?" She asked a little anxiously.

"Sure," Nadeshiko was in my room before I even agreed, "Why aren't you asleep?"

Nadeshiko simply replied, "I hate Halloween."

I started to walk back to my bed when Nadeshiko said, "Aren't you going to lock your door?" I walked back and quickly locked back the door. When I turned back to Nadeshiko, she was in my bed with the sheets over her.

"Nadeshiko…" I sighed as I walked over to her.

"Can I sleep here? It'll only be for tonight," Nadeshiko asked.

I sighed again, "Okay."

I climbed into my bed next to Nadeshiko. I kept to the far end so that she could be comfortable. I closed my eyes again. I could hear the wind and tree scratched the window. I rolled over and I opened my eyes. Nadeshiko was trembling next to me.

"What's wrong Na-" Nadeshiko hugged me tightly as a dog howled outside.

"Please…" Nadeshiko's trembling got worse, "… don't let go of me. Please don't let me go."

"Na-Nadeshiko…" I gasped. I was so glad that she couldn't see me blushing from having so close to me.

"Please?"

"Alright. I won't let go," I put my arms around her and we soon fell asleep.

END OF FLASHBACK

All of that happened a week ago and everything is okay except for the fact that Temari won't talk much more than a few words to anyone and she doesn't speak at all to me because of her ruined kimono.

I walked around the school aimlessly because all the others had classes now while I didn't. I sighed and stuffed my hands into my pockets.

"Excuse me,"

I looked up at the person in front of me. She was a middle-aged teacher with hazel eyes and brown hair with a few streaks of gray. She was carrying a stack of books that looked way too heavy for her to carry.

"Can you help me to carry these books to my classroom please?" She asked.

"No problem," I took most of the books away from her.

"Thank you very much," She smiled at me and took me to her classroom.

Inside the classroom were about 20 kids who were about 14 years old.

"What took you so long Mrs. Takeda?" A boy asked.

"The books were a bit heavy so I had to get someone to help me," Mrs. Takeda replied.

I put the books down on Mrs. Takeda's desk and felt someone poke me on my back. I turned around to see a girl from the class.

"Thanks for helping our teacher. She means a lot to us."

"It was nothing," I smiled.

The girl smiled back, "Can he stay for the rest of our class Mrs. Takeda?"

"If he wants to," She replied.

"Will you stay?" Another kid asked me.

"I guess I will."

Mrs. Takeda turned out to be a music teacher. She was really good at teaching and she was very nice.

"You have no homework today," Mrs. Takeda said. The class cheered.

"But you have a project to work on,"

"Aww…"

"I am sure that you will like it. I give this project to my music class every year," Mrs. Takeda handed out sheets of paper with the lyrics of a song of them.

"What are we supposed to do with this?" A boy asked.

"As you can see it is a song but there are some things missing. It has no title and we don't know the melody of the song either…" Mrs. Takeda smiled, "… so you are going to give the song a name, create the melody and you have to sing it. You can get into groups of four and decide who will do what. Then when you are finished you must present it to the class. However you present it is up to you."

"It sounds like a lot of work…" Someone mumbled, "… but a lot of fun."

"You have five weeks to get this done," Mrs. Takeda said.

*Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiing*

The students filed out of the class after saying goodbye to their teacher. I got up to leave as well but Mrs. Takeda stopped me.

"Wait, I never got to know your name," She said.

"My name is Kukai Souma," I replied.

"Thank you a lot Souma-san and you're always welcome here in my class," Mrs. Takeda smiled.

"Thanks and um… you said that you give that project every year…" I trailed off.

"Yes I do,"

"Did you by chance happen to have Nadeshiko Fujisaki in your class?" I asked.

Mrs. Takeda smiled, "Yes I did. Nadeshiko, Nagihiko, Temari and Rhythm were all in my class. Are you their friend?"

"Yeah but aren't you supposed to call Rhythm by his real name since you're a teacher?"

"Rhythm was not happy when he was called Rizumu and I want my students to be happy so that they can learn better so I call him Rhythm,"

"Okay. Did they have to do that same project?"

"Yes. Their class was the first class to ever receive that project. The four of them were the best students that I have ever had and no one has done that project better than they did. I guess you want to see their project, don't you?"

"Yes," I said.

Mrs. Takeda went into the storage room of the classroom. "I'm sure it was here. Aha! Here it is," She came out with a CD like the one that Temari had let me listen to. She placed it into a DVD player and she turned on the tv.

Nadeshiko appeared on the screen in a kimono and she looked very pretty. (A/N: Imagine it like the kimono, the hairpiece and the hat that Nagihiko/Nadeshiko wears when you find out that she/he is a boy in the anime.)Nadeshiko was under a sakura tree and the petals were floating gracefully around her. Then she began to sing.

Utusuri yuku kisetsu wa itsumo

Isogi ashi de doko e yuku no

Kaze no sotto mado wa tataki

Tooi kuni no tabi e izanau

Sukoshi rusu ni suru wa ne

Nakanaide

Yubikiri shiyou kitto aeru wa

Nadeshiko stood and started to dance. She was graceful and her dancing was perfect. The sakura moved with her as danced and sang. Nadeshiko looked truly happy doing the two things she loved to do most: sing and dancing. I saw her true smile and I couldn't describe how I felt to see her like this.

Hitotsu futatsu hanabira wa

Horori chiri yuku no ni

Hanare gataki omoide wo

Hitori nagameteita

Deai wakare mata deai

Hito mo meguru keredo

Kimi to segosu kono taki wa

Daiji no takaramono

Zutto wasurenai wa

Nadeshiko began to walk away with a sad smile and she disappeared in a swirl of flower petals.

"Nice special effects," I muttered.

"Rhythm did the special effects, music and the sound management," Mrs. Takeda said.

The sakura trees that were around her before started to lose their leaves and flowers and then the seasons slowly started to change. The rain fell and a shadow appeared on the screen. It was Nadeshiko in a different kimono. The music suddenly changed to a more up-tempo beat. Nadeshiko slowly pulled out her ribbon and her hair cascaded down. Then she looked like Nagihiko and I was confused about who I was looking at.

"Is that Nagi?" I asked.

Mrs. Takeda nodded.

Nagihiko ripped off his kimono and to reveal cool, boyish clothes. Nagi began to sing.

Itsu no mani otona ni naru

Kimi mo boku mo kawatteku

Ima ijou shiritaku naru

Are mo kore mo suki ni naru

Zutto sono mama de ite

Negau kedo

Boku wa boku wo sagashi

Hajimeru

Sukina mono ikutsu datte

Atte mo kamawanai

Sunao ni kanjiru kokoro

Taisetsu ni shitai yo

Donna boku mo boku date

Mune wo hareru you ni

Itsuka kitto mitsukeru sa

Yurugi naki omoi wo

Nadeshiko appeared again with flower petals around her and she slowly moved towards to Nagihiko. Nagihiko had flower petals around him too but his were blue.

Hitotsu hitotsu hanabira wa

Chigau katachi dakedo

Minna atsumete tsunagereba

Hitotsu no yume ni naru

The blue and the pink flower petals swirled around each other and started to mix.

Itsu no toki no kawaranai

Hana no utsukushisa yo

Furikaereba furusato wa

Yasashiku kaotteru

Itsumo matte iru yo

Koko de mata aou ne

It was spring and the sakura trees were in full bloom again. Nadeshiko finally reached Nagi and they put their hands together. A bright light filled the screen and then the last of the music ended.

"That was cool," I said with a smile, "did they call that song Hana Tegami?"

"Yes that was the name that they gave it," She replied.

"Sadly… none of them do music anymore," She said as she took out the CD.

"How long ago did they do this?"

"About 3 years," She replied.

"Thank you Mrs. Takeda. I'll come back again soon. Goodbye," I quickly waved and ran out the door.


Afterschool

Fujisaki Mansion

"TEMARI!!!!!!!!" I yelled and ran through the house. (Those were two things that I was not supposed to do. Nade's mom told me that.)

I found Temari in her room picking out a kimono for dance practice.

"GUESS WHAT?????" I shouted. Temari remained silent and ignored me.

"I got you a present!" I held out a large, wrapped box to Temari. Temari glared at me and backed me.

"Come on Temari. I know that you never want to speak to me again but you can at least open my present," I smiled a little but she did not turn around. I sighed and put down the present on her bed. I grabbed her arms and turned her to face me. Temari did not struggle but she did not make eye contact with me. I picked back up the present and held it out to her. She stepped back and I stepped forward. We continued this until her back hit against the wall.

"Pleeeeease Temari. You just have to open it and then if you never ever want to speak to me again you don't have to," I said. Temari looked at me and then she looked at my gift. She slowly took it from me and she sat down on her bed. I sat next to her while she carefully peeled off the wrapping paper. Soon she got to the box and she sighed. Temari gently pulled off the lid and her eyes widened. She pulled out a kimono exactly like the one that got ruined and there was also a matching hairpiece and matching jewellery. Another beautiful kimono was in the same box and it looked even better than the other one.

"I'm really, really sorry. I hope that you will forgi-" Temari cut me off by pulling me into a tight hug.

"Y-You're for-forgiven," Temari said quickly and her voice was cracking a little.

"You like them?" I asked.

"They're b-beautiful. Th-thank you," Temari started to cry on my shoulder.

When Temari had finished crying, I told her about Mrs. Takeda and everything that happened in her classroom.

"I guess you have your next clue detective," Temari smiled.

"I do?"

Temari nodded, "You do and I have one other thing to say."

"What?"

"Don't be afraid to find your own clues because you can never be too careful with who your real friends are and liars," Temari smirked.

"Huh?"

Temari began to leave, "You'll figure it out Souma. I believe in you."


Amethyst: And this chapter finally ends. I wasn't too happy with it but I'm satisfied and there were Kukade moments! They had their first INTENTIONAL kiss.

Temari: Yay! I just want my favorite cousin to know that I want to be the Maid-of-honor at her wedding.

Nadeshiko & Kukai: Who said that we were getting married?

Amethyst & Temari: They said that they were getting married!!!!!!

Nadeshiko & Kukai: No we didn't!

Rhythm: I think what Temari and Ame-chan did was to remove the first three words of off your question so that it was 'we were getting married.'

Amethyst: Exactly!!!!!! I expect to be a bridesmaid for getting you two together. Review!