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Jill: Oooohhhh!!!!
Natalia: BOO!
Beah: AHHHHH!
Ann: It's Hallowe'en in the SCCS world.
Erica: And February in the Real World.
Laura: So enjoy this little spook in the midst of the love and hearts and Valentine's Day stuff.
Kairi: Erica and Lora don't own Shugo Chara.
Musashi: I have trivia for our contestants: Where does Yukari take Kairi and Laura out for lunch?
Mia: And we're going to remind you of the prizes for the Biggest Fan Contest!
Noru: The winner of the contest will win: a credit as a Creative Consultant on this story, the title of Biggest Fan of Shugo Chara Canadian Style, and of course, the coveted Bragging Rights!
Chapter Thirty-Six: Hallowe'en
The McFarlane and Wilk households had been preparing for Hallowe'en practically since the day after Erica and Kukai started dating. The Guardians and siblings, with help from the neighbourhood kids and Charas, strung up fake spider webs, paper ghosts, and pumpkin lights. The Jack o' Lanterns had been carved to look like traditional spooky faces. There were 20 medium pumpkins, one for each member of each house. Finally, it was Hallowe'en, and there were many preparations to be made as everyone got into their costumes that spooky morn.
"Hey! You bit me!"
"I'm a vampire. It's what I do."
"No. You're a vegetarian. You read the books idiot."
"I'm your boyfriend, you can't call me an idiot!"
"Fine. But you're my idiot."
"Jill-chan, do up my zipper."
"Yes Rima! Then will you help me with my eye patch?"
"Fine."
"Okay, we will be stealthy. We will be quiet. We will be NINJA!"
"Whatever you say Laura-koi."
"Amu-chan, pass me the fake blood. I think I could use a bit more over here."
"Only if you pass me my wig."
"Hn."
"Ikuto, you have to wear something!"
"…No."
Finally, it was time to go catch the bus. But because of some costumes, they were all getting a ride to school.
"PICTURE TIME!" Lana yelled, pulling out her camera, and ordering the Guardians to pose.
On the right end of the picture was Yaya. She was dressed as Tinker Bell, with her hair up in a ponytail, the traditional green dress and shoes with the fluff on them. Her wings were about the size of her, but with thanks to Erica and Jaya, Yaya could fly a foot off the ground!
Beside Yaya was Nadeshiko, who was dressed as a ghost dancer. She wore an all white kimono, with a white fan, and she had white face paint on. Her hair was dusted with talcum powder, and she had a white hairpiece in. On the front of the kimono was a large angry bloodstain. Again, thanks to Erica and Jaya, occasionally, when Nadeshiko willed it, the bloodstain would leak a bit.
Beside the ghost dancer was a dark butterfly. Utau was wearing a dress similar to what she wore in her Lunatic Charm transformation, but this was black, with a corseted top, and a lacy skirt. She wore fishnet stockings, knee-high Victorian lace up boots with an inch heel, and heavy black and purple eye makeup. Her hair had been semi-permanently highlighted with blacks and purples. Instead of her pigtails, Utau's hair had been let down, and curled gently. It reached the backs of her knees. Her huge black and purple butterfly wings moved, and she could fly a foot off the ground, with Erica and Jaya's help.
Ikuto stood looking bored beside Utau. He wore black jeans and a black tee shirt. He was also wearing black sunglasses, and a long black trench coat.
Rima stood pouting in her Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) dress and crown. It was the pink one, and had the stiff collar, and perfect crown.
Nagihiko stood next to her, trying to comfort her. Yaya had coerced Nagi to wear a Prince Phillip costume, and try to make them Super CoolandoSpicy Plan D. Nagi's costume even had the right hat! It looked perfect with his new short hair.
Amu was next to Nagihiko. She wore a metallic blood red blouse, with a black bubble skirt, and half-inch heeled ankle boots. Her pink hair had been covered with a black wig! In her eyes were bright gold contacts. She was dressed as Alice Cullen.
Tadase was Jasper Cullen. His blonde hair had been gelled into a new look, and he wore a black dress shirt, with black dress pants. He too had the gold contact lenses.
Kukai was standing next to his friend. He was wearing the gold contact lenses, and a white dress shirt, with black dress pants. Obviously, he was Edward Cullen.
Erica wore a blue tee shirt, with a light black sweater, and jeans. Her hair had been semi-permanently dyed a few shades darker brown, and thanks to Jaya, her hair now reached her elbows. With Kukai's arms wrapped around her waist, it was obvious she was dressed as Bella Swan.
The thing about all the kids dressed as Cullens, was that their skin seemed to shine and dazzle anyone who looked at it. In truth, Jaya and Erica had cast a spell to give Amu, Tadase and Kukai vampire powers. Each Guardian had the powers of the Cullen they were dressed as. Amu could see the future, Tadase could manipulate emotions, and Kukai could read minds. Just like Edward, Kukai couldn't read Erica's mind, since she was dressed as Bella. The only difference between the Cullen's and the Guardians was that they could eat human food, and they wouldn't be thirsty for blood.
Laura and Kairi were sitting in a tree above everyone. Both were wearing all black ninja outfits, complete with mask. Kairi and Musashi had Chara Changed, and Kairi's sword was strapped to his back, and his ponytail stuck out the back of his mask. Laura and Noru had Chara Changed, and dog-ears and tail came out of the costume in the right places, and the small red dagger was strapped to Laura's waist.
Arriving at school 10 minutes later, our Guardians found themselves in class. The Grade Eights were in French class. Turns out, the core French teacher, who taught the Japanese Guardians, was on maternity leave starting Hallowe'en. So, they were in class with 81FI for today!
"Kairi Sanjou?" Monsieur Stewert called, looking around the class.
"I haven't seen him since this morning." Nadeshiko volunteered, raising a pale hand.
"Where's Laura?" Alma asked. She was dressed as a Renaissance noble, in a deep red gown that flared out, and black and gold lace, with gold shoes. Her red hair was in an exquisite updo. In her right hand, she held a sad drama mask, and in her left, a happy one.
"Now that you mention it, I haven't seen her since we got here." Nagihiko commented, fixing his hat. Ever since he'd had his hair cut, he had a fanbase that rivalled Amu's. The 81FI branch sighed.
"We're here Stewert-sensei." A voice called.
"Eh?" Amu looked around, her vampire senses should have picked it up. Her eyes glazed over, and she grabbed the inside of the desk, denting it with her strength.
"What?" Tadase breathed, a sound only a vampire could hear.
"I just had a vision! Laura and Kairi are sitting in corners in the ceiling, and sensei is going to call them down, and Laura's going to fall." Amu replied, just as quietly. Tadase noticed the dent in her desk, and he quickly fixed it.
"Look! They're up there!" Izzy shouted, pointing at her friend. Izzy was dressed as a popstar, wearing her hair up in a high ponytail, with a white headset. She had a form fitting midriff baring pink tee shirt, and white jeans, with pink heels. She seemed to sparkle as she moved.
"Aww jeez Iz, did you have to point us out?" Laura grumbled, her dog ears twitching.
"Laura, Kairi, viens au terre! Laura, Kairi, come to the ground!" Monsieur Stewert asked, and Laura fell.
"Aww. Way to spoil the fun." Laura whined, picking herself up, with the Chara Change broken.
"Nice costume!" Laura commented her friend's costumes.
"Wow Amu! You look just like Alice, and your hair is so cool black!" Kaila told Amu excitedly, who in turn smiled, and tried not to seem out of the ordinary as her vampire mind did the French conjugations with no problems.
Elsewhere, Utau was being stalked by several of her male classmates.
"Wow, Utau, you look great."
"Mmhmm."
"Are you free tonight?"
"No."
"Hey Utau, how you doin'?"
"No."
"Hey, Utau,"
"No."
Also elsewhere, Ikuto was being stalked by legions of his several fanclubs.
"IKUTO!"
"No."
"Are you dressed as that guy from the Matrix?"
"No."
"Will you marry me?"
"No."
"MARRY ME INSTEAD!"
"No."
See how similar they are? Anyways, at break, Rima and Nagihiko headed outside. Much to Rima's chagrin, and Nagihiko's amusement, there were two fanclubs waiting for them outside.
"RIMA! HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO US! YOU'RE DRESSING AS A COUPLE!" the boys in Rima's fanclub yelled, as they cried giant tears of sadness. Rima scowled.
"NAGIHIKO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO US?" Nagihiko's girls cried, as they observed the Sleeping Beauty couple walking down the black top towards the field.
"Wait, this must mean they're a couple!" one of the girls in Nagihiko's fanclub noted, turning to Rima's fanboys.
"Yeah! So if they're a couple, that means we must support our King and Queen!" the boys replied. Nagihiko watched in great amusement as the two clubs tore their banners, the boy's being orange with Rima's name on it, and the girl's being blue with Nagihiko's name, into two halves, and taped together two of the halves.
"We are now the jointed, RIMAHIKO CLUB!" both the girls and boys yelled, while Nagihiko was writhing with silent mirth, and Rima was writhing with silent fury.
"WE ARE NOT A COUPLE! DO NOT ASSUME SUCH THINGS!" Rima screamed, looking every inch the angry queen, in her pink dress and crown. The fanclub cowered, but didn't lose hope.
"She denies it! It's true!" they giggled to each other, as they scampered off in different directions.
In another part of the school, 'Twilight' fans were hoarding Erica and Kukai.
"IT'S EDWARD AND BELLA! ZOH MY GOD!" The girls screamed, as Kukai scooped up Erica and used his vampire speed and strength to run away from them.
"We got away." Kukai murmured quietly against Erica's ear.
"Yeah, but you had to run up a tree to do it." She replied, just as quietly, looking down from the top of the tree.
"Nice view though."
That lunch break; Laura and Kairi were accosted by one of the teachers, Mrs. Bowser.
"You are not allowed weapons at school, even if they're fake." She accused them in her high-pitched, nasally voice.
"Bowser-sensei, I must correct you. These swords are not fake, but are very real." Kairi replied, unsheathing his sword, and hacking a pencil in half with a fluid movement.
"WHAT? I'm going to have to confiscate those, right now, and you both have detention!" Mrs. Bowser held her hands out expectantly, waiting for the swords.
"Sorry Teach. We can't do that. See ya!" with that, Laura's dog-speed kicked in, and she gave a bark of excitement, and shoved the teacher in a nearby storage closet.
"Laura-koi, was it smart to do that?" Kairi asked, as they walked away, after having locked the door, and duct tape as a precaution.
"It was smart. No one likes her anyways." Laura replied, laughing with that bark-like edge again, as they walked away.
Eventually, school was over, and everyone got to go home!
"Amu-chan, are you excited for Trick or Treating?" Miki asked, even as she sketched, as Amu touched up her costume.
"Yeah. So, Miki, any embellishments?" she asked, as she adjusted her wig.
"Of course Amu-chan! Drew, draw, drawn!" Miki waved her paintbrush, and Amu's red blouse became a quarter sleeved deeper red, shiny metallic blouse. Her black bubble skirt attained sparkles, and the black wig became a bit shorter, and spikier on the ends. Her heels grew another half inch, and the boots rose to her knees.
"Wow Miki, thanks!" Amu twirled about, admiring the way her diamond skin caught the light, and the added sheen from her blouse.
"Amu-koi, you look…really beautiful." Tadase stuttered outside, when everyone met for a BBQ in the McFarlane driveway. He had changed into a black dress shirt with a dark sheen to it. His already gelled hair had been gelled to be even spikier.
"Yeah, yeah. Everyone looks great." Laura muttered as she ninjaed past the couple, towards the food. No one else had changed, but Ikuto had grabbed his violin and had it strapped to his back.
"Hey guys!" a pirate and a giant foam hot dog came running down the street, holding pillowcases for everyone.
(A/N PAGE 200!) "What do you think?" Jill asked, twirling around in her pirate costume. She wore a red skirt, which came to her knees, with ripped edges. Her top bared her midriff, and was black and white striped, and hung off one shoulder. She wore a black eyepatch over her right eye. Jill's blonde shoulder length hair had been braided into many, many, many, many braids. Literally, all of her hair was braided into tiny intricate braids. She had a red bandana wrapped around her head, and a chunky black belt around her waist with a plastic sword strapped to it.
Natalia, on the other hand, was the other end of the spectrum. She was dressed as a hot dog. The only other addition then the giant hot dog costume, was a pair of red leggings that matched the hot dog portion of her costume.
Jason, Shawn, Billy and Bryan had all shown up as well. Each of them was dressed identically in black dress pants, black dress shirts, black suit jacket, black sunglasses, and neon yellow Air Walk shoes. Jason and Billy stood behind on Ikuto's left and right sides, slightly behind him, while Shawn and Bryan stood behind Jason and Billy. In Shawn and Bryan's hands, there were silver briefcases.
"Nya! Shadow Cat Force assemble!" Yoru yelled. He stood to Ikuto's right, with sunglasses on. Behind him was the Smith's cat Garside, the Wilk's cat Smudge, the Kozun's cat Princess Man-cat, and the neighbourhood stray, Fat Kat.
"Mm." Ikuto looked at the boys backing him up.
"It seems I've been chosen as your chaperone." He said, looking bored.
"Well, duh! You've got like, more then 12 fanclubs at BESS! Almost every girl at that school is chasing you! Dude, you're our hero!" Jason elaborated, and the boys, and cats, set off to collect a magnitude of candy.
After the boys left, Laura, Kairi, Yaya, Nadeshiko, Natalia, Jill, Rima and Nagihiko all decided they would head out.
"I'll come with you. Lord knows you'll need a chaperone." Utau announced, flinging her long hair back, and hovering a bit, with Iru and Eru giggling by her side.
"If you must." Laura replied, and with a short bark, she grabbed Kairi and headed to the nearest house.
"Let's go Naddy-chan!" Yaya cheered, and together, the remainder of the group, minus Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip left.
"Uh, Rima-chan, shall we go?" Nagihiko asked quietly, and a little embarrassed. He didn't want to bring up that afternoon's events. Rima completely ignored him, as she marched after Laura.
"I guess we should go." Erica noted, as she watched Nagihiko walk sullenly after Rima.
An hour later, everyone had only half filled pillowcases.
"Let's keep going!" Yaya shouted, as she and Laura crossed the street. Kairi and Nadeshiko tried to keep up, while Rima, was huffing as she lagged behind. She felt a warm hand on the small of her back, and helping to steady her.
"I don't need your pity." She said quietly.
"I'm not pitying you. I'm trying to help you." Nagihiko replied, helping to steady her.
"Thank you, but you are dismissed, I have no need of your help. Kusu-Kusu, let's go." Rima waved her hand, and she and Kusu-Kusu set off briskly.
"Rima-chan, he's trying to be nice!" Kusu-Kusu whined, as she looked back on the desolate boy walking behind them.
"I know. That's why it's so much harder for me to keep up this façade." Rima replied quietly.
In another section of the neighbourhood, our vampire Guardians, and Erica were being asked to do a trick.
"What can we do? Read her mind?" Amu whispered angrily.
"No, someone can sing…." Kukai pointed at Melody.
"ON IT! From a girl who sings off key, to an in tune singer! Wrote, drew, sing!" Melody chanted, and waved her conductors baton.
"Hey." Erica trilled quietly, with the music note in her hair.
"For our treat, we have Erica here singing 'Love Story' by Taylor Swift!" Kukai introduced her, and Amu and Tadase harmonized an intro for her.
We
were both young when I first saw you See the lights, That you were Romeo you were throwing pebbles Romeo
take me somewhere we can be alone
I close my eyes
And the
flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony of summer
air
See the party, the ball gowns
I see
you make your way through the crowd
You say hello
Little did I
know
And my
daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the
staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said:
I'll be waiting all there's left
to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's
a love story baby just say yes
She finished the last line with a flourish, and the lady dumped the entire box of candy into their pillowcases.
Much, much later that night, everyone returned home exhausted and pillowcases filled with candy.
"So Rima-chan, did you have fun?" Nagihiko asked, just before they parted to go to the houses they were staying at.
"Yes. I did." She replied curtly, but not before giving him a small smile as an apology. He nodded, to show he understood. She smiled again, and went inside.
Elsewhere, Laura and Kairi were saying goodnight.
"Kairi, I had a lot of fun being a ninja with you." Laura told him, as she squeezed his hand, and pulled him into a hug.
"I had fun too Laura-koi" Kairi whispered. Their faces were less then an inch apart now. Suddenly, Laura's dog ears left, and her balance wavered. She fell forward, and by accident, or on purpose, no one knows, her lips touched Kairi's. What happened next is also unexplainable. It felt as if an electric shock went through each of their bodies. Laura saw fireworks behind her closed eyes.
"Uh, wow." Laura whispered when they pulled away.
"So, goodnight?" Kairi replied, noticing Laura's red face, and feeling the blush creep up on him.
"Yeah, goodnight." She returned the goodbye, and went into her house. Upon entering her room, she found Yaya already in her pajamas, and reading a book.
"YES!" Laura yelled, pumping her fist down, and doing a happy dance.
"What happened Laura-chi?" Yaya asked excitedly, dropping her book, and being pulled into the happy dance.
"Only the best thing ever!" Laura replied, and she fell on her bed, and went to sleep, still dressed as a ninja.
While Laura and Kairi had been doing that, Erica and Kukai were in the backyard.
"So Bella, how did you enjoy Trick or Treating?" Kukai joked, as the two of them made their way towards the middle of the backyard. The whole yard was illuminated with moonlight, and made Kukai's vampire skin glow.
"Well Edward, I had a lot of fun, with you." She replied, and the two of them shared a tender hug.
"Erica, can you make me human again?" Kukai asked, as Erica nodded, and removed the spell. Even without the vampire skin, Kukai still dazzled Erica with his green eyes.
"Why did you want me to make you human?" she asked quietly, as they looked up at the stars.
"So I can tell you this. Erica, ever since I'd laid eyes on you, I thought you were the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. Then I got to know you, and found out you were beautiful inside and out. I don't know why it took me so long to finally ask you out, and I'm glad I did, because we're together now, and that's all that matters. " He finished, as he tilted her head upwards.
"I, I, don't know what to say, except that's really sweet of you." Erica blushed, and the two of them closed their eyes, and leaned in, when Erica's eyes snapped open.
"Look!" she pointed at the sky, and a shooting star whizzed by.
"I wish this moment never ends." Kukai yelled to the heavens, and the two Guardians ran around the backyard, chasing each other, and finally falling on the ground, in a cuddle as they looked to the stars.
Amu was already in her room, and Erica hadn't undone the spells on either her or Tadase. Nadeshiko was in the bathroom, having a shower, and washing her face so she could get all the white face paint and talcum powder off.
"Amu-koi?" a voice came from the doorway.
"EH? Who's there?" Amu asked, turning around quickly into a fighting stance, then relaxed when she saw it was Tadase.
"Jill let me in.," he said, answering her unspoken question. He used his powers to calm them both down.
"Why are you here? Not that I don't want you to be here." Amu babbled, as Tadase let out a quiet laugh.
"Amu-koi, I've wanted to do this for a long time, and there's never really been an opportunity before, so," he came closer, and as he did so, a vision came upon Amu! In the vision, Tadase was kissing her! Then it cut, to Ikuto interrupting them again. Amu took the first option, and ran to Tadase. Instantly, there was a hand in between them. Amu opened her eyes. She was kissing a hand!!
"This is not the sort of behavior a nice young girl should take part in. Amu." Ikuto drawled, and grabbed Tadase by the collar, and took him next door.
"Amu-chan, what happened?" Nadeshiko asked, as she came out of the bathroom, her lavender bathrobe wrapped around her, and a white towel on her head.
"Ikuto." Amu growled, and went to bed.
SORRY ABOUT THE LATE UPDATE! I really hope you enjoyed that, because it was fun to write!!! See you next week! By the way, I don't own 'Love Story' either. Or Twilight. Or Tinkerbell. Or anything really.