Star: *Within a mountain of papers*
Jem: Hey, we're starting the chapter already.
Star: *within the pile* Already?! I haven't found my way out of all this work yet! give me a sec guys! *trying to get out* ow...ow...ow..papercut... ow *pops head out within the pile of papers* Alright! Hey, guys! So... this chapter took a while and I know you guys were waiting patiently at the time of editing and also now translating the story. It will take time. Also, the reason this chapter took so long is because I had to keep on rewriting it over and over and over and over again. It explains all the papers... Anyway yeah, I kept rewriting, trying to do my best to get to the final part of this chapter to work out ;-;.Well... Anywho, it seems that many are agreeing with the concept of using x- eggs and Akuma so I shall introduce my idea of it here since many of you are also offering many great ideas of it as well. Of course at their own point, it can also just be x- eggs or just Akuma's but each will have their equal share with the help of Jem here and you guys if you have any akuma ideas. Hm.. *looks at the papers and picks one up* I think this was homework due about two months ago...
Jem: Star Amulet owns nothing but the plot.
Star: Hm... Oh, I almost forgot! I'm not deciding on the pairings yet but I will be having some fun here c; . Enjoy!
Previously:
"Wait!" Ladybug called reaching out towards the girl only to see the girl, in fact, flying disappearing into the night soon disappearing. She no longer saw who was the mysterious girl singing. Chat who had recovered from his sneezing arrive next to her.
'I wonder who could she be..' She wondered knowing she wouldn't be able to catch up to the mysterious figure.
Amu gave out heavy sigh as she heard the last bells of the day ring; signaling the end of the school day. Four days had passed since she started and let's just say she had gotten used to how the school worked after her many, many errors. She noticed that the students don't bring any lunch and instead go out of school grounds to eat. She had forgotten and always brought her own lunch. Then on the second day, she stood up once the teacher entered but noticed she was the only one. Luckily the teacher noticed and gave her a smile; understanding Amu's situation. Amu laughed nervously and sat back down. Although her main error would be when she spoke as hard as she tried, she would tend to mess up her wording and say something different or she would just talk once again in Japanese unconsciously. Overall she had a rough week. Amu gave out another sigh as she exited out of the classroom earning a small laugh from Alya.
"Girl, you've looked half alive." She commented and Amu gave a weak laugh.
"I haven't rested well.." She said with a yawn.
"You really should, though. I've seen you almost fall asleep in class," Marinette said worriedly. "You can get hurt as well if you don't pay attention," Marinette added.
"Don't worry guys, I will. Plus, I doubt anything will happen." Amu said with a wave of her hand.
"If you say so but make sure to rest well tonight," Alya said with a stern look.
"Alright, I will." Amu gave in as the girls had reached the corner of the block.
"By the way Marinette, let's go to your house. I have some awesome things I want to show you two!" Alya said excitedly.
"Something awesome?" Marinette questioned before she gave her friend a smile. "A new video on the lady blog?" She questioned her friend who nodded.
"Not just about her, though." Alya pointed out causing both Amu and Marinette to look at each other then back towards Alya; wondering what else the girl could be trying to say other than Ladybug?
"Then about what?" Amu asked curiously.
"You'll see!" Alya said Marinette gave out a small laughter and motion her friends into the bakery.
"Possible new heroes?!" Both Marinette and Amu called out in shock as they stared at their friend who only laughed at their reactions.
"Of Course! I mean haven't you guys been paying attention to the news?" Alya asked and both girls shook their head. Alya only sighed and showed them the screen of her phone to a recent news issue. Marinette curiously read it out loud.
"A new hero or threat?... For the past four days, four mysterious silhouettes had shown up around Paris, always at the top of the Eiffel Tower. Many people who have come across the Eiffel Tower have taken glances of these mysterious figures. Many taking a tiny glimpse of this person in each of the four days being described differently. So is it just one person or four different ones within these consecutive nights?" Marinette read allowed as images from the last four nights were shown, although only the outline of the person was ever shown on top of the Eiffel Tower. Marinette had been wondering who the person was and had tried tracking down the girl for the past four nights but with no luck. She wondered what was this mysterious girl or girls were up to. She definitely wasn't an Akuma if she had appeared the past four nights without any attacks. It only made her wonder more and more.
Amu, on the other hand, was pretending to read while completely freaking out inside. She hadn't exactly planned out how she was going to find Ikuto and due to that, now she's on the news. 'What am I going to do?! I was so busy trying to find Ikuto, I completely forgot that I could have been seen by the people of Paris!' Amu yelled within her thoughts along with scolding herself.
"This is great, don't you think? Four new heroes appearing to save Paris and they can fight alongside Ladybug and Chat noir as well." Alay said with a grin.
"What makes you think it's four people, though?" Amu asked and Marinette nodded; wondering.
"Well in all the pictures that were taken, people are thinking each was in a different outfit not to mention they were all girl outfits as well," Alay began. "It could be four different girls working in their own separate ways but still a team. Also, I don't think they even have a mask so if they were to go into the public eye we'll be able to see who they are. It might explain why they only appear at night so far." Alya wondered and Marinette nodded; paying attention to what Alya was saying. "And now instead of trying to find only Ladybug's identity, I will find out more about these mysterious girls as well. Who knows, maybe more villains might appear too." Alya finished with a wave of her phone; indicating her new start on a new research. Marinette laughed at her friend's sudden determination. Soon, Alya went and rambled on the latest Akuma attack. Marinette barely paid attention as she wondered more, remembering one thing that her friend said. 'They don't have a mask' Marinette thought. 'It might be easier to see who they are, but the trouble would be getting to talk to them or at least catching them in order to find out who they are and what their purpose is.'
"um..." Amu spoke up as she became a bit uncomfortable with the conversation, in which the girls now talking about their theories, the girls turn to face her. "Where's the bathroom?" Amu asked Marinette. All she wanted to do was get out of there and think clearly on her own without seeming suspicious through the conversation. Marinette told her where and Amu nodded and headed towards the bathroom. Before entering, she looked around seeing no one around. She entered and locked the door before leaning on it with a sigh. Her charas took that as their cue as they came out of the pouch Amu carried and out of the eggs. To Amu's surprise, she remembers none of them leaving the pouch to look around her friend's place like they usually did.
"Amu are you ok desu~?" Suu asked floating towards Amu. Amu shook her head.
"What am I going to do, guys? I've already appeared all over the news! It's only a matter of time before I make a mistake or get caught and Paris finds out who I am.." Amu began. " Not to mention everyone thinks I'm some new hero when I'm not. I am only able to cleanse X-eggs and X-characters, that's all." Amu said as her chara's looked at each other.
"Amu it's going to be okay!" Ran said with a smile.
"How?" Amu asked.
"Because that's why we're here," Miki spoke up and the other chara's nodded their heads.
"As long as they don't know who you are, they won't find out even if they do catch you." Ran said.
"What do you mean?" Amu questioned.
"Well you see, us charas give you the power to transform and based on us, we give you the outfit as well. We can also make you seem unrecognizable. That is unless we allow the people to know or if you have transformed in front of someone or had told them that it's you in the transformations. Only then they will know its actually you. Other than that, we can alter the way of how you look making you unrecognizable." Dia explained and Amu slowly nodded once processing her words, along with giving out a sigh of relief. She didn't understand how it worked but she was clear that she had a secret identity in the eyes of Paris.
"By the way Amu, we can continue this conversation later. We've been in here for a while." Miki explained and Amu nodded. Her charas flew back into the pouch and she made her way back towards her friends who had switched the conversation towards the one and only, Adrien Agreste.
"I'm telling you Alya, there is no way Adrien can be Chat Noir!" Marinette said. "They're complete opposites!" She exclaimed and Amu looked at both girls; confused. Alya turned and noticed her as she motioned her to sit next to her and showed Amu her phone.
"Tell me Adrien does not look like Chat Noir?" Alya asked and Amu took the phone; examining it curiously.
"You said Chat Noir is Ladybug's partner, right?" Amu asked and Alya nodded.
"Both of them make a great team," Alya said with a smile. Amu nodded.
"Well, what do you know about Chat Noir?" She questioned. At this, Alya had smile appear on her lips as she leaned closer towards Amu.
"Now don't tell me you're one of those girls who have a crush on him?" She began with a smile and Amu's cheeks turned light pink.
"O-of course not! I'm just curious who he is! After all, we usually talk about Ladybug. I know she is great and amazing but Chat Noir also deserves part of the credit, right?" Amu said with a slight blush.
"Oh you're right, it was silly of me to ask when you have an older boyfriend from here," Alya said with a grin causing Amu to blush more.
"I do not!" She said and Marinette placed a hand on Amu's shoulder to calmed her down.
"So he is not from France?" Alya asked.
"Alya..." Amu said feeling her face heating up more if it could. Marinette laughed nervously as she tried to calm Amu down and telling Alya to stop who only laughed at her friends' reaction. Their day went on like that as they teased each other and having their fun.
Amu arrived home and threw herself onto her bed leaving her bag on the floor.
"I'm so... tired..." She sighed as she felt the warmth and fluffiness of the bed. Her charas came out of their eggs as they giggled at Amu's tiredness. "I'm going to sleep a bit, guys. Wake me up in a bit to go and search the city again." Amu said as she made herself comfortable slowly falling asleep. The chara's looked at each other then floated near Amu. After a few minutes, Amu was in a deep sleep and the four charas floated to the other side of the room.
"Do you think we should tell her desu~?" Suu asked looking at the other three.
"I'm not sure, it's too early to say," Miki said in deep thought.
"But she'll have to know eventually if the people of Paris do think of her as a hero. Then she'll have to know about the miraculous," Ran said waving her pom poms worriedly.
"Yes, but we're not sure about the outcome of this." Dia started. "There are two miraculous holders in Paris who are heroes here, but then there is also a villain with a miraculous as well, remember the Akuma attack?" Dia said and the girls nodded.
"How did someone like him ended up with the miraculous, anyway?" Miki asked and Dia shook her head.
"But from what we know, the villain must be after the miraculous of the two heroes," Dia said and the girls nodded once more.
"The power of creation.." Ran started.
"..And the power of destruction." Miki continued.
"If one controls both they'll have absolute power desu~..." Suu finished.
"And I'm sure it won't be long before Amu can get involved with this," Dia said; looking worriedly at Amu's sleeping figure.
"But Amu has no reason to get involved." Ran said and Dia shook her head.
"If the X-Eggs or X- Characters get involve with this villain, then she will get involved. She'll be working with the heroes to protect Paris." Dia said. The girls looked at each other.
"In that case, we must protect her any way we can so that she can be safe. If she is confused as a miraculous holder as well, then it'll bring her more into danger if people know who she is." Miki said.
"That's why we have to alter her transformation desu~" Suu spoke up and the girls nodded.
"She will only be recognized by those that know about us and no one else," Miki said and Dia nodded.
"Even with her pink hair?" Ran asked curiously and the rest of the chara's looked at her.
"Ran, we're altering the way Amu is viewed by the rest of Paris. So even for the rest of the people even if they both have pink hair, she will still be unrecognizable," Miki said and Ran nodded.
"Then we shall tell Amu-chan about it soon desu~" Suu started; looking worried. "Who knows when she'll start to get involved. She is already known by the heroes as it is even though she hasn't met them yet desu~.." She finished.
"It's only a matter of time," Dia spoke as she floated towards the basket their eggs were kept. "We'll tell her when the time is right. For now, let's rest." She said; entering her egg. The three charas looked at each other before nodding and each floating towards their own eggs.
The clock showed 11:55 when the charas had woken up and woke Amu as well. She had stayed a few minutes sitting on her bed, adjusting to the darkness in her room before she stood up, and walked towards the balcony.
"Ready?" She asked her Charas who nodded. Ran floated over towards her.
"Amu-chan!" Ran said with a smile and Amu nodded.
"My own heart unlock!" She said as she transformed with Ran. "Amulet heart!" She said as she finalized her transformation. She opened the door to the balcony and took in a deep breath before going on top of the railing. " Heart speeders!" she said as she jumped off flying around the city on her search. The night had gone on with Amu on her search, but she wasn't the only one roaming the city of Paris. Our heroes of Paris were roaming around the city on their normal nightly patrols along with the search of their new mysterious figures.
"No trouble on my part, M'lady." Chat spoke with a grin as he met up with Ladybug who nodded.
"Here as well." She said; looking towards where the Eiffel Tower stood several blocks away.
"And it seems we haven't seen our mew friends." Chat said. Ladybug nodded, ignoring the pun made and spoke.
"I'm sure we'll see them. Although they had appeared the last four nights, this time we'll catch them." She said but as she waited for a response from Chat she only heard silence. She turned to face Chat only to see him looking what seemed past her; completely confused with his head to the side. She raised an eyebrow and turned to see what had caught Chat's attention only to find herself confused as well. Before them, several feet away was a black egg with a white x mark on it floating around their presence unknown to them.
"Well... you don't see that every day..." Chat said still confused about the floating egg. Ladybug only nodded as she cautiously walked up to the floating egg, but she didn't get close enough to it when it had finally noticed her. Startled, it decided to float away, that is, not before attack her. To her luck, she had dodged the attack.
"Now that's a rotten egg." Chat said as he saw Ladybug go after it. He took out his staff and followed. It didn't take long before the egg had stopped moving and turned to face the heroes. Of course catching it didn't seem easy when four more eggs appeared.
"Where are these eggs coming from?" Ladybug asked.
"It isn't even close to Easter yet." Chat responded and Ladybug gave out a sigh as she took out her Yo-yo.
"Well, we have to find out what they are so we have to catch at least one of them." She said. The X-eggs noticed her Yo-yo and got closer to each other as they let out an attack before scattering around them. Chat and Ladybug dodge each attack trying to catch at least one only to fail.
Amu had landed on top of a building when she heard Dia call her name.
"What is it, Dia?" Amu asked and noticed Dia looking away from her. "There are X-eggs around the area." She said and Amu turned to where she was looking. "Let's go then." She said and Dia led the way with Amu right behind. They have arrived at a building away from the scene as they saw five X-eggs attacking both Ladybug and Chat. She noticed them dodging each attack but it was only a matter of time if they were to decide to attack. Amu got closer as she saw Ladybug and Chat running out of energy from all the dodging. Amu's eyes widen when she saw Ladybug throw her Yo-yo towards one of the eggs. Whether she was going to attack or try to catch the egg. Amu didn't know but she knew she can purify them so far. "Heart rod," Amu called as her rod appeared. "Spiral Heart!" she said as she threw her rod. The rod got in between both the egg and Yo-Yo as Ladybug pulled it back, surprised by the sudden object. She turned towards where it came from and notice it was the figure she saw the first time. Amu got closer putting herself in front of the egg. "Don't attack!" She said.
"Why? Did you cause this?" Ladybug asked; concerned. Amu shook her head.
"They appear on their own. From the negative feeling from people's heart and they must never be destroyed." She said.
"Why? We can't let them roam around, they can attack the people." Ladybug countered and Amu shook her head again.
"I can purify them, but please don't attack them or you'll be destroying a dream." She said and Ladybug's eyes widen. 'Destroy a dream?' She thought. By now the eggs had stopped attacking and group together. Chat noticed this as the girls continue to stare at each other.
"...Alright." Ladybug said putting her guard down slightly. "I believe you," She said moving aside from Amu.
"Uh, what happens when they start cracking?" Chat asked; catching the attention of both girls.
"Oh no..." Amu said as she saw the eggs crack and X- characters had appeared. They have also fused into one. Grinning, the X-character put their hand forward.
"Useless!" It said as it sent negative energy towards the three teens. Each dodged the attack but the X-character wasn't done just yet. It started to attack multiple times. Amu dodges an attack as she landed onto the edge of the building they were on. Amu turned slightly seeing the height of the building and the scary thought of falling.
"Watch out!" Amu heard as she turned back towards the scene only for her eyes to widen as she was attacked; making her fall from the edge and hit the next building. Amu gasped in pain as she felt herself being half-conscious feeling her body fall.
"Chat!" She heard as she felt an arm wrap themselves around her waist.
"Don't worry, I got you." Chat said as he held Amu close to him and looking up to the building they were on minutes ago. He had used his staff to place it near the top of the building holding on to it as he held Amu close to him. Quickly, he made his way back and got back on top of the building to Ladybug's relief. Chat held Amu in his arms bridal style as she groaned; her eyes were half open as she saw the green eyes of the hero full of concern. Chat was relieved that the girl was safe and he was able to catch her in time despite not knowing who she was but he was sure he had seen the honey colored eyes of the girl somewhere.
"You're safe now." Chat said with a grin as he walked away from the edge.
"Thank you but I can walk," Amu said as she moved slightly. "So please let me go." She said as she glanced over where the X- character her only thought of just purifying it. Chat looked at her; concerned not knowing if she was actually up to walking after that hit.
"I don't-" He started before he felt something cold near his neck.
"Let her go.." A voice spoke.
To be continued...
Star: And that is it for this chapter! Wow, I wrote a lot, but alas I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Please comment/ review and for the new readers please favorite and follow it is always appreciated and thank you all!
Question: What hero name should I use for Amu? Normally I go with Amulet so... thoughts?
Until next time guys!