Me: Whoo! Another chapter

Ikuto: Why did you make me do this? I'm feeling guilty now.

Me: It's all part of the story.. to get to the sequel coming soon!

Ikuto:...

Me: Shoo! do ur part and i'll give you Amu.

Ikuto: do i get a bigger part in the sequel?

Me: Yea... Keiko and U get a bigger part to it. More Amuto for you!

Ikuto: Okay...

Me: *waves catnip in front of his face*

Ikuto: *cat ears appear* plays with catnip

Me: Ahahaha!!

Ikuto: Stop it! Ur just like Tsukasa!

Me: Hehehe I love cats too u kno... :P Enjoy!~

CHAPTER 14: A slight fever and Chara change!

I could hear nothing. I couldn't do anything. The purple energy made me turn very weak. It seemed forever that I'm exposed too much darkness. I couldn't move my arms or legs to run out of it, nor couldn't I see much where I was in. But somehow, I'm beginning to understand why Ikuto was in so much pain when I saw him at Amu's house. I feel the exact pain that he's feeling. My head's throbbing and there's an intense hot pain that's rushing inside of me. I wish that I could become stronger, more caring, more than just one person. I want to have multiple personalities and help minna when I need to. I no longer want to be weak.

AMU'S POV:

"Keiko Chan, I'm her-"

Something's wrong. Keiko Chan is lying on the floor looking all agonized. Ikuto was on the floor trying to carry her but was too weak so he was trying to support her.

"IKUTO! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!" I screamed, tears flying out of my eyes.

"SOMETHING'S WRONG NYA! ~" Yoru screeched.

"What happened?" I shouted.

"It happened so fast, I woke up from my nap when I found Keiko Chan opening the violin case. She closed the case, and whispered Ikuto's name and collapsed the same way Ikuto did! Nya~" Yoru explained.

Ikuto stood up and dropped the blanket on the floor.

He grabbed the violin case and started to walk out the door.

"Where are you going?" I shouted while wiping away the tears from my eyes.

"I can't stay here, if I'm going to hurt Keiko more." He said and walked out the door.

"Ikuto!" Yoru whined.

"Yoru! I can't do anything if I'm like this!" He snapped.

"But Ikuto, it isn't safe outside, they will catch you!" Yoru said sadly.

He ignored his chara and walked away.

"Ikuto!" Yoru followed after him.

"Amu Chan!" Ran pointed to a struggling chara.

I quickly rushed to her.

Izumi was on the floor by the table, trying to get up.

I quickly scooped her up.

She was weak and looked as if she was about to faint too.

"A mysterious energy made Keiko Chan…" Izumi started.

Ran, Miki, and Suu floated up to her.

"It made me feel weak too, because…I can sense it." She spoke softly and fainted.

The charas gasped.

"Izumi!" The charas shouted in unison.

Suu touched her forehead.

"She's burning, desu~" Suu said in a worried tone.

While the charas tried to take care of her, I tried to do something about Keiko Chan.

"Keiko Chan!" I shook her shoulder to try to wake her up.

Somehow, her clothes felt hot.

Quickly, I ran my hand over to her forehead.

It's hot, she's burning a fever.

Panic rushed to my head as I tried to relax.

The first things that I did were to bolt out of the door and ring the doorbell to the Fujisaki's house.

"Amu Chan?" Nagihiko answered the door.

"What's wrong?" He read my expression.

"Hurry, Keiko Chan collapsed again." I gasped.

He ran all the way to Keiko's side.

He ran a hand over her head.

"She's burning a high fever," He said worried and carried her to her room bride style.

"Should I call the other guardians?" I asked without thinking. Why in the world did I say that?

"No, it's not that serious." He replied as he laid Keiko in her bed. "All I need is a towel with cold water."

I went downstairs.

"Suu, I need you." I said. "Chara change!"

Poof! My x hairclip turned into a clover as I automatically brought the cold water and towel.

I handed it to Nagihiko as he kneeled by Keiko's side and placed the towel over her forehead.

The sun was setting. I hated to go home.

"Nagi, I have to go." I said. "It's almost time for dinner."

"Okay," He wiped his hands with another towel. "She's going to be fine."

"Ran, Miki, Suu, you can stay here or take care of Izumi at the royal garden. I'm sure that you have an extra room to spare in the dollhouse don't you?" I asked when I went down the stairs.

"Yea, I think we do," Miki said.

"Okay, you can take care of her there today. I'll meet you there after school unless there are any emergencies." I said.

"Roger!" Ran said.

I headed out the door walking home. What's going to happen to Ikuto?

The next day…..

MY POV:

The fire was instantly cooled. My head stopped throbbing. What happened?

How come I can't remember anything?

I forced myself to open my eyes. They seemed to respond as light gave way. I sat up surprised and a towel fell down from my head. I caught it just in time and pulled the covers carefully. Right in the middle of the bed, was another egg. I picked it up carefully and held it against the sunlight. It was somehow enchanting. The egg was shimmering in many colors and in the middle was like a tattoo of a fancy jewel butterfly. I gently put the egg on my table and got dressed.

I went to the other room to see if Ikuto was in there. Nothing of him. The room was completely empty. Disappointed, I headed back to my room and removed the warm egg, headed downstairs to smell breakfast. Nagihiko was at the kitchen cooking. He turned to me.

"Keiko Chan, You're awake!" He smiled.

I nodded and slipped my egg on the table.

"What happened?" I asked in confusion.

"You had a high fever." He said and came closer to me.

He put a hand on my forehead.

His hand was warm and comforting.

"No fever," He announced and hugged me.

I longed for his hug. It has been a while since he hugged me. His front purple locks tickled my forehead. The way he wrapped his arms around me were gentle. He smelled like cherry blossoms. I inhale deeply to remember the scent.

He released me from his embrace and continued to make breakfast.

"Nagihiko," I started.

He turned.

I held up the egg. His eyes became bigger.

"Another shugo tama?" he asked.

I nodded.

"Where's Izumi by the way?" I asked.

"She's in the royal garden, she also had a fever." Nagihiko replied.

"Oh," I said.

"Here," Nagihiko handed me some breakfast.

I ate it quietly, taking little bites.

"It's really good," I said.

Nagihiko smiled.

In class, I was almost trampled by Amu.

"WAA!! Keiko!" She hugged me.

"Amu," I said embarrassed.

"Are you feeling okay?" She said putting a hand on my head.

I nodded, feeling happy that I didn't have to miss school again.

"Amu, what are you talking about?" Rima tugged on her sleeve.

"Keiko suddenly collapsed and had a high fever," She said.

"Why didn't you call us? We could have helped you." Tadase said.

"Nagihiko said that it was no big deal." Amu said.

"Are you okay now?" Rima put a hand on my forehead. Her small delicate hand cooled my head a bit. It felt really good.

"Yeah," I said and started to hug Rima. She let me hug her, smiling at the embrace.

After I released her, I hugged Tadase.

In his embrace, I leaned to tell him something.

"I need to tell you something about Easter," I whispered and let go.

He nodded.

In the distance, I could see Saaya and her group of girls burn furiously with envy.

"Class is starting," Nikaidou announced.

At break:

"Just a minute, I have to check something," I called to Rima, Amu and Tadase outside.

I checked the egg briefly, then closed the bag and was about to head out.

"Hey!" Yamabuki Saaya was standing beside my desk with her group of girls.

I looked up.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Don't be so innocent, I know what you did to Tadase Sama before class." She said.

Her Gang of girls crossed their arms.

"What did I do?" I asked.

"You hugged him! My Tadase SAMA!" She yelled, causing some of the passing schoolmates from different classes to take notice. Amu, Rima, and Tadase also took notice.

"You should be ashamed," One of the girls said.

"You are trying to take away Tadase Sama!" Another said.

"It's bad enough that Hinamori Amu is my rival now you are too!" She said.

These girls are starting to piss me off. I kept my head down to shield my eyes.

"At the gymnasium, I will request a race between you and me. If you lose, you cannot go near Tadase Sama again!" Saaya said in an evil tone.

"Keiko Chan," Amu started to protest.

I lifted my head.

I smiled.

"Of course, I accept." I grinned, a gleam in my eye.

I walked silently out of the room, grinning.

The students stared at me as if I was going crazy.

At The GYMNASIUM:

"Nikaidou Sensei, I request a race between me and Mizuko Keiko!" She pointed at me proudly.

"But we were supposed to start volleyball today," He checked his schedule.

"Today, Nikaidou sensei," She demanded.

"Okay, okay," He said. "Class outside to the field."

"Are you sure you can do it?" Amu asked.

"You just recovered from a fever," Rima added in.

"I can do it," I said grinning.

The race was around the park and school. Something became unexpected.

It wasn't just the 6th grade classes that watched this unexpected event. All of the students came to watch this. I bent down and swiftly tied both of my sneakers.

Nikaidou was going to blow the whistle to start the race. There was a different teacher at the end that finished the race.

My heart began to thump rapidly on my chest as I got ready.

"3, 2, 1," Nikaidou blew the whistle, starting the race.

Saaya and I got off to a speeding start.

"GO GO YAMABUKI SAAYA!" Her gang shouted.

The other students shouted my name, although I don't know them. Wind sent my hair flying backward as I ran.

I kept on running, until I was ahead of Saaya.

Saaya kept running, but I heard a small grin.

That's when it happened. I tripped on a rock and fell flat on the floor.

The students gasped when they saw me trip. I felt a numbing, stinging pain on my knees.

Still, I have to keep running. She set up traps so that she would win.

Now I got really pissed off.

I slowly got up, and felt a small poof! That replaced my purple flower hairclip with a silver crescent.

A grin spread across my mouth and I ran quickly than ever before. The guardians and Nikaidou stared in shock.

Wind blew rapidly in the air. In a matter of seconds, I caught up with laughing Saaya and zoomed past her. I zoomed ahead, ignoring the blood that was dripping down my scraped knees, staining my socks. Some plopped onto the floor.

I didn't stop until I was close to the finish line.

However, the gang of girls knew that it was going to happen and there was an unnoticeable ditch on the floor.

With the character change, I was able to notice the ditch and jumped over it, surprising many students.

At last, I crossed the finish line with many students cheering.

The silver crescent turned back to a purple flower, with a small poof. I didn't notice what I did for a few seconds. I was gasping for breath, my heart accelerating so quickly.

"Keiko Chan!" Tadase, Amu, Rima, Yaya, and Nagihiko ran up to me.

"I won right?" I asked confused and breathless.

"Yea, using character change." Rima said.

"She cheated anyway, she dug a ditch." I said, shrugging.

"Aww… Keiko Chii!" Yaya gave me a monster hug.

I sat at the bench, pulling out my water bottle, drinking the cool water. My breathing going back to normal.

"Aren't you going to sit down?" I asked.

"Keiko Chi! You got hurt!" Yaya whined and bent down.

I looked down on my knees. They were bleeding, throbbing and stinging.

"I'll get some medication for your knees," Tadase said quickly and started to run.

"Wait," I stopped him.

He turned and looked.

I opened the bottle and drew some water.

My hands glowed blue as I put them to my knees.

I flinched from the pain that my skin gave when the water went in contact.

When I removed my hands, my knees were all clear as if there was no gash from the start.

The guardians smiled in wonder and we headed back into the school building.

"By the way, your character change reminds me of Nadeshiko," Amu said.

Nagihiko flinched.

"Really? How?" I asked.

"Oh yea! Nade also had that really aggressive personality when she character changed." Yaya pointed out.

I gave nervous Nagi and Tadase a wink.

"You do remind me of my twin sister," Nagi went along.

"Fujisaki San did have that character, but it was fun." Tadase said.

"Tomorrow's Valentine's day," Yaya added in.

"We would end our Royal Garden meeting early for today." Tadase added.

After school:

I waited patiently for everyone to leave so that Tadase and I were the only ones alone in the room.

"Amu, Rima go ahead. Buy some snacks for us. Tell Nagihiko and Yaya that we would meet up at the Royal Garden." I told them.

They nodded.

I faced Tadase and Kiseki.

"What do you want to tell me?" Tadase asked.

"I'm not exactly sure what happened but I think that something's wrong with me. Yesterday, it wasn't a just a sudden fever. I remember seeing some purple energy that made me feel faint. Easter's planning something, and it's using someone. Tadase Kun! I think I could sense it!"

****END OF CHAPTER 14******************************************

Another cliffhanger..... or so it is...... what's going to happen now?

DUNDUNDUN!

Ikuto: When is the sequel gonna come out anyway? I want a bigger part.

Keiko: It's ur fault for exposing me with the x tama energy. ooo it's soo purple! Sooo hypnotic...gotta touch it.... 0-0

Ikuto:.... She made me do it!

Keiko: Why?

Me: It's more dramatic. Cause it will make even more sense in the sequel.

Ikuto: STOP IT WITH THE SEQUEL! It's not even the end!

Me: Okay okay... R&R PPlz plox. Oh plus info about the stories that im working on. *bows* Arigato gozaimasu!

Keiko: Where's Yoru? I wanna hug him again.

ME: Yeah, where is he? I wanna buy some taiyaki for him.

Ikuto: Ur tempting me, I'm telling Amu...

Me: I'm bringing the catnip again...

Ikuto: =3=

Yaya: That's my sign! =3= =3= =3= =3=