Disclaimer:
Tadase: Thank you very much for reviewing, and reading our story.
Amu: Thanks. You've all been a huge support for us, and Erica, who's suffering a mental breakdown after receiving the homework she missed after being absent from school for four days.
Lora: Yeah. She's in the corner over there doing polynomials. And geography, and a drama thing.
Ran & Melody: GO ERICA GO! FINISH THAT HOMEWORK!!!
Kukai: Unfortunately Erica and Lora don't own Shugo Chara. If they did, I'd be Erica's et cetera et cetera.
Me: KUKAI! HOW DO YOU CALCULATE A POLYNOMIAL AGAIN???
Kukai: Rima finish this. COMING RICA!
Rima: Look for the songs on YouTube or iTunes or some other music player, and listen to the songs and imagine us dancing. Horribly. Enjoy the chapter.
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Air Bands
"Row, row row your boat, gently down the LAKE!!!"
"Kukai, shut up. It's 9:00 in the morning on a Saturday, and you'd assume that people would be sleeping."
"For once, Ikuto's right."
"I resent that."
"Boys, be nice to each other, and Bryan, that comment wasn't called for."
It was 8:30 actually, on the day the boys were due back from the manly canoe trip. They were all anxious to go home, sleep in a real bed, and eat un-burnt food.
"Look, there's something in the lake!" Billy pointed, where a flash of green disappeared under the water.
"Hey!" a voice whispered by Tadase, and he turned and saw Amu's torso leaning against the side of the canoe.
"Amu-koi! How are you-" Tadase was cut off as Amu put a hand over his mouth.
"Shhh. Erica and I are experimenting with Jaya's powers. We're not supposed to be here. See!" Amu giggled, and pointed to Erica who was swimming, head half out the water towards the canoe. She dove under, and Tadase caught a fin in his sight.
"Wait, what do you mean by powers?" Kukai asked, leaning in and looking down.
"Uh, transformation?" Amu said sheepishly, and she lifted what should have been legs out of the water. Instead, there was a shimmering pink fish tail, which glimmered pink, blue, green and yellow.
"I didn't do anything wrong! We can breathe underwater, and swim faster then you'd never believe!" Erica said, lifting her own green tail out of the water. Both boys stared.
"We'll see you at the cottage! Jay!" Erica said, Character Changing, her face screwed up in concentration, as she, Amu and Jaya disappeared.
10 minutes later, the rest of the cottage's inhabitants ran out on the beach in pyjamas to greet the boys.
"IKUTOO!"
"KAIRI! OH MY GOD HI! DAD! HEYLO! Good morning William Douglas Jack Eugene Bartholomew Hubert Logan Owen Christopher Joe Arnold Eiliey Earl."
"Curse you Mother and Father for this embarrassing name!"
"Kukai! Hey!"
"Tadase-koi. Hey."
Various other greetings were exchanged as everyone made their way inside.
"…Then we saw a bear, and we all ran away, cause we knew we were too tough for it." Kukai told Erica as he gobbled down the fresh blueberry pancakes that Erica, Kellie, Amu, Suu, Nadeshiko and Temari had made.
"Okay, Ikuto you're in charge because you're the oldest, Laura, you're also in charge because this is our cottage, and Erica you're in charge as well because you're responsible." Sherry said, while dumping suitcases in Doug's arms.
"Wait, where are you going?" Erica asked.
"Oh, my parent's house. We haven't seen them in a while, so we're all going down, and leaving you here with Yuu!" Doug answered from behind the suitcases. Jill, Bryan, and Billy all grabbed their overnight bags.
"We'll be back in two sleeps. So we'll see you Monday!" Lana said, kissing Erica's forehead, and joining her husband in the family van.
"Well that was sudden, unexpected, and fantastic!" Laura said, as the two vans pulled out of the driveway.
"You're on your own. I'm going fishing." Nikaidou grumbled, as he pulled on a tackle hat and vest, and set out to the motorboat to fish.
"What now?" Miki asked, sketching something again. Noru floated over, trying to sneak a peek.
"No looking!" Miki snapped, and Noru's ears lay flat against her head, and her tail flew in-between her legs.
"What if we do like, a camp thing?" Erica asked, as Melody began to sing.
"Campfire's burning, campfire's burning, draw nearer, draw nearer, in the glooming, in the glooming, let's sing and be merry!" Erica joined in halfway through, Character Changing to smooth out her rough voice. Together they harmonized and made the simple song beautiful.
"Well when I went to camp, we did 'Air Bands'." Laura retaliated, breaking the silence.
"Oh yeah, you break up into groups, and pick a song, then lip synch it and make up a dance!" Amu answered. Everyone looked at her. "What? I used to go to summer camp with Ami-chan!"
"Okay, why don't we do girls versus boys?" Nadeshiko suggested.
"I'm not doing this." Ikuto said, waving as he turned to walk away.
"Then you can judge! We'll have a contest!" Amu blurted out. Ikuto turned around, and slowly walked up to Amu.
"It will be incredibly bias. You know I'm interested in you. Therefore, your group will win." He murmured, his lips moving quietly near her ear.
"Oof…" Soon Ikuto found himself on the ground once more.
"You should know better by now. Amu has a boyfriend, and you really shouldn't be doing that with me around." Erica said, and she punched him again.
"You'll judge, but you won't just pick the girls because of Amu." She continued, getting up, brushing herself off, and letting Hallie break the Chara Change.
"But then wouldn't the boys win?" Laura was confused.
"Okay, Jaya!" two CDs appeared in Erica's palm. One was labelled 'Boys' and the other 'Girls'.
"On each of these CDs are two songs. Each group will pick one, and then make a dance, and pick costumes, for the performance tomorrow night. Then we'll spend Monday before the parents and siblings come home cleaning and packing, because we're leaving on Wednesday, and they'll get suspicious if it's messy and Laura will get yelled at. "
"Trust me. It's not fun, it's like Erica when she Chara Changes!! SCARY!" Laura said.
"And BREAK!"
The next evening, the groups met in the living room, which thanks to Miki's designs, and Jaya's magic, had been transformed into a club dance stage floor thing.
"Boys first, girls second." Ikuto commanded lazily, waving his hand from the armchair.
"Okay! Let's go guys!" Kukai said energetically. The boys were all wearing boy band-esque clothes. Tee shirts with open dress shirts, jeans, and baseball hats twisted to one side, was the general look for all of them.
"Okay, hit play!" Nagihiko said over his shoulder, nodding at Laura who stood at the CD player. As the opening music started for 'Hey Juliet' the boys started a very NSYNC dance, complete with lip-synching.
(Kukai)
Hey I've been watching you
Every little thing you do
Every time
I see you dance
In my homeroom class, makes my heart beat fast
(Nagihiko)
I've tried to page you twice
But I see you roll your eyes
Wish
I could make it real
But your lips are sealed, that ain't no big
deal
(Tadase)
'Cause I know you really want me Hey Juliet (Kairi)
Girl you got me on my knees
I hear your friends talk about
me
So why you tryin'to do without me
When you got me
(All)
Where you want me
I think you're fine
You
really blow my mind
Maybe someday, you and me can run away
I
just want you to know
I wanna be your Romeo
Hey Juliet
Beggin' please, baby please
Got my
best DJ on the radiowaves saying
Hey Juliet, why do you do him
this way
(Kukai)
Too far to turn around (Nagihiko) 'Cause I know you really want me Hey Juliet
So I'm gonna stand my ground
Gimme just
a little bit of hope
With a smile or a glance, gimme one more
chance
I hear
your friends talk about me
So why you tryin' to do without me
When
you got me
(All) Where you want me
I think
you're fine
You really blow my mind
Maybe someday, you and me
can run away
I just want you to know
I wanna be your Romeo
Hey
Juliet
(Tadase)
I know you really want me
I hear your friends talk about me
So
why you tryin' to do without me
When you got me
(Kairi)
Where you want me Hey
Juliet Hey Juliet
You don't have to say forever
For us to hang
together
So hear me when I say
(All) Hey Juliet
I think you're fine
You really blow my mind
Maybe
someday, you and me can run away
I just wan't you to know
I
wanna be your Romeo
Hey Juliet
I think you're
fine
You really blow my mind
Maybe someday, you and me can run
away
I just want you to know
I wanna be your Romeo
Hey
Juliet
As the song ended, the final dance move was each boy pointing into the 'crowd'. Kukai in the middle was pointing at Erica, beside him was Tadase who pointed at Amu, Nagihiko on the left of Kukai pointed at Rima, and on Tadase's other side was Kairi who pointed at Laura.
"Wow! That was really good guys!!" Laura stood up and gave them a standing ovation, then ran over and hugged Kairi.
"Our turn. Let's go." Utau said calmly, handing over the girl's CD to Kairi. They were all wearing white polo shirts, with plaid school uniform-esque skirts, and personal embellishments, such as woven bracelets for Laura, legwarmers and arm bands for Amu, cross necklaces for Utau, a stylish headband for Rima, a funky necklace for Erica, Nadeshiko had new hair accessories and Yaya had bunny print knee socks. All of them had a different colored skirt. Laura's was yellow, Amu's was red, Utau's was black, Rima's was orange, Erica's was green, Nadeshiko's was purple and Yaya's was pink.
[Spoken] (All) Ah Ohh Hey Hey [X2]
(Laura)
Some people say I look like me dad
(Amu) What?! Are you
serious?
(Utau)
I said, hey boy sittin in your tree
Mummy always wants you to
come for tea
Don't be shy, straighten up your tie
Get down
from your tree house sittin in the sky
(Rima)
I wanna know just what to do (Amu) Gotta let me in, hey, hey, hey (Nadeshiko) Say you will say you won't (Erica)
Do you play with the girls, play with the boys?
Is it very big is there room for
two?
I got a house with windows and doors
I'll show you mine
if you show me yours
Let the fun begin hey
I'm the wolf today hey, hey, hey
I'll
huff I'll puff
I'll huff I'll puff and blow you away
Say you'll do what
I don't
Say you're true, say to me c'est la vie
Do you ever get
lonely playing with your toys?
We can talk, we can sing
I'll
be the queen and you'll be the king
(Yaya)
Hey boy in your tree (Laura) Gotta let me in, hey, hey, hey (All) Say you
will say you won't Say you will say you won't
Throw down your ladder make a room for me
I
got a house with windows and doors
I'll show you mine if you show
me yours
Let the
fun begin hey
I'm the wolf today hey, hey, hey
I'll huff I'll
puff
I'll huff I'll puff and blow you away
Say you'll do what I don't
Say you're
true, say to me c'est la vie
Say
you'll do what I don't
Say you're true, say to me c'est la vie
The girl's dance had been entirely choreographed by Utau, including some of her signature moves.
"Wow! That was really good!" Nagihiko told Rima after, giving her a quick hug, which resulted in her blushing, and turning away and hiding behind Amu.
"Is that it? Well the winn-" Ikuto started when,
"WAIT!!" Eru screamed from the stage, with all the Charas behind her, standing in formations, with costumes!
"We have an air band as well you know." Miki said, poking Ikuto's nose.
"Go ahead."
[Kiseki] [Dia] [Kiseki] [Dia] [Both] [Everyone] [Boys] [Yoru] [Girls] [Eru] [Everyone] [Kiseki] [Dia] [Kiseki] [Dia] [Both] [Everyone] [Girls] [Ran] [Boys] [Daichi] [Everyone] [Kiseki] [Dia] [Kiseki] [Dia] [Both] [Everyone] [Boys] [Musashi] [Girls] [Hallie] [Everyone] [Dia] [Kiseki] [Dia] [Kiseki] [Everyone] [Both] [Everyone] [Girls] [Miki] [Boys] [Yoru] [Dia] [Kiseki] [Dia] [Kiseki] [Both] [Everyone]
Summer
lovin' had me a blast
Summer lovin' happened so
fast
I met a girl crazy for me
Met
a boy cute as can be
Summer days driftin' away, to
uh-oh those summer nights
Uh Well-a well-a
well-a huh
Tell me more, tell me more
Did
you get very far?
Tell me more, tell me
more
Like does he have a car?
Uh-huh
uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
She swam by me, she got a
cramp
He ran by me, got my suit damp
I
saved her life, she nearly drowned
He showed off,
splashing around
Summer sun, something's begun, but
uh-oh those summer nights
Uh well-a well-a
well-a huh
Tell me more, tell me more
Was
it love at first sight?
Tell me more, tell me
more
Did she put up a
fight?
Uh-huh-uh-huh-uh-huh-uh-huh
Took
her bowling in the arcade
We went strolling, drank
lemonade
We made out under the dock
We
stayed out 'till ten o'clock
Summer fling, don't
mean a thing, but uh-oh those summer nights
Uh
well-a well-a well-a huh
Tell me more, tell me
more
But you don't gotta brag
Tell
me more, tell me more
Cos he sounds like a
drag
shoo-bop bop, shoo-bop bop, shoo-bop
bop,shoo-bop bop, shoo-bop bop, shoo-bop bop, shoo-bop bop,
YEH
He got friendly, holding my hand
While
she got friendly down in the sand
He was sweet, just
turned eighteen
Well she was good you know what I
mean
Woah!
Summer heat, boy and
girl meet, but uh-oh those summer nights
woo,
woo, woo
Tell me more, tell me more
How
much dough did he spend?
Tell me more, tell me
more
Could she get me a friend?
It
turned colder - that's where it ends
So I told her
we'd still be friends
Then we made our true love
vow
Wonder what she's doing now
Summer
dreams ripped at the seams,
bu-ut oh, those su-ummer
nights....
Tell me more, tell me more!
"Well the winner is clear. The Charas win. That was good. Nice costumes." Ikuto pronounced, waving Yoru over, and leaving the room.
"Good job guys! Great performance Dia!" Amu said, pulling her Charas closer for a hug.
"Who did your costumes?" Rima asked, inspecting Kusu-Kusu's 'Pink Ladies' jacket, and fifties dress.
"Jaya and Miki! Those two make an amazing team!" Kellie said, twirling around in her fifties outfit.
"Dude! I love the jackets! And Kenicky and Rizzo? Dude, you two are like, made for each other!" Kukai said as he poked Daichi's 'Thunder Birds' jacket, and laughed. Except it said 'Thunder Charas'.
"Dude, this hair is crazy!" Daichi replied, poking his slicked back hair.
"It is not fit for a king to wear such attire. Although, it is cool." Kiseki said, posing in front of a mirror.
"CLEAN UP TIME!" Suu and Kellie yelled, as Erica and Amu Chara Changed.
The next morning, the living room had been returned to its normal state, the garbage and snacks gone, and everyone returned to normal. Or as normal as possible for these people.
"Hey kids! Happy Monday!" Ron yelled, from the van, as they pulled up through the driveway.
"Start packing! We're leaving tomorrow morning, bright and early!" Sherry said, as she and the siblings came up through the door.
THANKS FOR READING! We'll have the next chapter up soon! Thanks so much again for your support! We will be doing a 'Biggest Fan Contest' soon as well! Wow this has got to be the longest chapter yet! 12 pages! Whoo boy! :D
