Must I do the disclaimer? Oh fine. As you all know, I don't own Shugo Chara, but I do own my OC!
"How's Amu doing?" he smirked.
"You just go away!" Yaya screamed.
"How the little king?" he asked, ignoring Yaya. He stared me in the eye.
"Ahck!" I screamed, his eyes giving me a steely glare.
"Come on, attack her-nya!" said a small cat that flew from behind the teen's shoulder.
"Shut up Yoru," he said.
"How many eggs do you have?" he pondered, hopping down in front of me. I leaned back, but he followed, leaning over me.
"Stop it you perverted cat!" Yaya screamed.
"Nah, it's fun," he laughed.
"Yeah, it's too fun to stop. Right Ikuto-nya?" Yoru called.
"Ah, I see you have two," he said, spotting Kumiko, and he put a hand on my bag, feeling the lightning striped one.
"Get away you perverted cat!" I screamed, running away from him.
"What's wrong?" Amu called. I spun around, and saw her run up.
"A perverted cat guy!" I screamed, and her eyes got wide.
"Ikuto!" she screamed, stopping a few yards from him.
"Ah, Amu!" Ikuto smiled.
"You'd better stop!" Amu screamed.
I felt Kumiko tug at my hair, and I ran past them, running home. I ran in the door, panting.
"What's wrong? You're very late from school," my mother said, frowning.
"You know I had the Guardian Tea Party… but then… I was… attacked… by some… crazy cat guy…," I panted.
I slowly walked up to my room, Kumiko flying behind me.
"That was crazy," I said, setting my bag on my desk. I opened it, and pulled out the lightning egg. I remembered how Hotori asked me to join the Guardians. I held the egg in my hands, and smiled. Kumiko landed by my hands.
I undid my hair, and brushed out my long red hair. I switched into a close-fitting red stretchy shirt, and slipped on some black skinny jeans. I grabbed a purse, and slipped in my wallet and the egg. I grabbed a jacket as I slipped on some shoes. I put on the jacket and put the purse strap over my shoulder as I walked down stairs.
"Bye mom, I'm going out," I said, walking out the door, but not before I grabbed a warm chocolate cookie off the plate.
I walked through the mall, stopping in at various stores, looking around. I stopped in a store where you can buy bath salts and things, as was poking around. As I reached my hand out to grab a bottle of lilac bath salts, another hand reached for it. I looked to my left, and surprisingly saw Hotori!
"Ohmygosh I'm so sorry," I said, blushing.
"Oh it's fine," he said, giving me that smile I found just too cute.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"My mom's birthday is coming up, and I wanted to buy her something," he said, looking to the salts again.
"Oh, I was just out shopping for the fun of it," I said, smiling at him.
"Would you mind giving me a hand?" he asked, and I blushed.
"Okay, sure!"
We looked around a bit, and he decided on some rose-scented bath salts, I settled on some lilac candles.
We made our purchase, and left the store. I heard my stomach grumbling.
"Man, I'm hungry. Wanna go get something to eat?" I asked.
"Sure!" Hotori said, and we set off to find a food court.
As we ate, Hotori asked me if I had decided to join the guardians or not.
"I haven't given it much thought. But where would I fit in?" I asked, a noodle of ramen pausing before my mouth.
"Hm. I'm not quite sure," Hotori laughed, scratching his head.
"I'd actually love to join the Guardians," I said, slurping a noodle.
"Really? Well I'll call the others, and we'll figure out where you fit in," he said.
On our way out, we came across some older kids threatening us for money.
I stepped back, scared. A small voice came.
"Chara Change! From a girl who's scared to a girl who's brave!" the little voice said. I got a blue streak down my red hair.
"Listen here! You better get outta here before I call the cops!" I said in a rough voice.
The boys ran off, and the blue disappeared.
"Kumiko! Did you do that?" I screamed.
"No! I'm just your girly side!" she said.
"She didn't I did!" a voice came as my lightning egg flew out of my bag.
The egg cracked open, and I saw a girl, with long black hair, a blue streak down the center back. She wore a black top, long sleeved with studs at the end cuffs. She wore a black skirt, with blue lightning streaks going from the waist to the end of the skirt. She wore black-fish nets, and black platforms.
"I'm Mariko, your brave and daring side!" she called.
"Hi! I'm Kumiko!" the flowery girl called.
"I am Kiseki! Finally! You have hatched, now you will be of more help during my search for the embryo to accomplish World Domination!" Kiseki called, flying out. I saw Hotori laugh. I frowned.
"You should just shut up, Kiseki. Kumiko and Mariko ARE NOT going to be your servants," I said, folding my arms in front of my chest.
"Ya! I WILL not SHALL not serve you, you pompous queen!" Mariko shouted, of course her personality being rude.
"DO NOT CALL YOUR KING A QUEEN!" Kiseki screamed, his face turning red.
I looked around him, and saw Hotori suppressing a laugh, his face red as a tomato.
"What's so funny, kingy?" I asked, letting Mariko get the best of me.
"It's… Mariko… and… Kiseki…!" he laughed, smiling wide.
I frowned, and turned back to my charas.
"Lets go!" I said, and grabbed up my bag, which I had dropped on the floor.
I stomped away, and Hotori grabbed my shoulder.
"Please, don't be mad," he said, trying to give me a sparkle attack, which he used on ALL girls.
"Oh please, your flying sparkle attack WON'T work on me," I huffed, and pivoted on my heel, running away from him.
He grabbed his bag, and ran after me. Somehow, we ended up walking home together.
"So… isn't Mariko so funny? You should act like that more often," Hotori said, smiling genuinely.
"Eh, I don't find the Mariko character all that nice ya know, Hotori," I laughed.
"Can I at least see a character change?" he asked.
"I suppose…," I muttered.
"Chara Change! From a girl who's nice to a girl's who not!" shouted Mariko. My red hair got a streak of blue down the back.
"Woah. That's scary," Hotori said, stepping back.
"What did you call me?" I asked, my temper rising, because of the chara change.
"Uh… nothing?" he stuttered.
"You didn't call me 'nothing'," I said, my eyes forming a glare.
My inner self told Mariko to stop. She waved her hand, and I felt all the anger and rage leave my body, my red hair floating back down my back, normal.
I fell to the ground, clutching my head.
"Nozaki-san? Are you okay?" Hotori asked.
"Uh… yeah," I said, and stood up, brushing myself off, "It was just such a powerful chara change."
"Okay, if that was all, Nozaki-san," he said, although the worry still remained in his eyes.
"Thanks, Hotori-san, and by the way, you can call me Miliko," I said, smiling.
"On that case, you can call me Tadase," he said, smiling as well.
"If that was your chara change, I wonder how powerful your chara transformation will be!" he exclaimed.
"I don't wanna know, Tadase-kun," I said, laughing.
"Bye!" I called over my shoulder as I ran home. He waved. I turned my head back so he couldn't see me, and grinned so wide I think my cheeks cracked.
I walked in the door, and waited for punishment from my mother.
"Hey, Miki!" a man's voice said. I looked up, and tears flooded my eyes.
"Dad!" I screamed, and flew to hug him.
"How's my little girl?" he asked, holding me in his lap.
"I'm good! When did you come home?" I asked, still hugging him.
"'Bout an hour ago. Glad you were out so I could surprise ya!" he said, giving me the smile I loved.
"I'm glad too. How long can you stay?" I asked, a frown appearing on my face.
"Only a week," he said, and I could tell he hated having to stay away.
"I can't believe you have only a week before you have to go back to work," I sighed, a tear falling.
My father's hand came to wipe it away.
"The gold mines need me, darling. I'm their star worker!" he laughed, bring out my smile.
"I hope those firey eyes don't actually come to life," he said, pointing to my fire-red eyes that met his gaze.
"Only if they need to," I said, knowing that when I chara transformed with Mariko, they would.
"Alright, well, go say hi to your brothers," he said, and playfully pushed me off his lap.
"Awrh! But, okay," I said, and had my footing, and tore off to the stairs.
I knocked on the first door, my older brother's room.
"Come in," said a muffled voice.
"Oh, Miliko," Kei said when I opened the door.
"Hey Kei," I smiled, and walked over to his bed, where he was sitting, and flopped down.
"How ya doin, little sis?" he asked, ruffling my hair.
"Just glad dad is home," I smiled, sitting up next to him.
"I am too," he said, wrapping me in a hug.
"I'm gonna go say hi to Taishi," I said, hopping off his bed.
"Okay," Kei said, eyes back on what ever he had been doing.
I closed the door as I walked out, and walked a few feet to another door, this time on the left, covered with posters and stickers about sports. I knocked, and walked in.
"Hey Taishi!" I said, running over and giving my baby brother a hug attack.
"Sis!" the 5 year old said, smiling wide, as he returned my hug.
"How ya been doing?" I asked, sitting on his bed, as he sat in my lap, looking around the little kid's room.
"Kindergarten is pretty fun," he said, not liking school.
"Oh, you'll warm up to it," I said, hugging his from behind.
"Well, I'm gonna go back to my room," I said, putting him next to be on his bed.
"Okay sis," he said, and went back to his homework.
I walked out, and closed the door as I did. I walked down the hall, passing the bathroom and my parent's room, reaching the end of the hall, pausing before a door with decorative letters, saying, "MILIKO'S ROOM" I smiled, and pushed the door open, walking into the warm room.
"Ah! Finally I can take a NAP!" Mariko and Kumiko exclaimed, and flew to their eggs fast, and fell asleep.
I sighed, and kicked off my shoes, my feet sinking into the carpet. I peeled off the sweaty socks, and squished my toes into the shaggy carpet. I walked to my closet, and slipped on my pajamas, a simple baggy tee and some shorts. I ruffled my hair, so it was comfortable. I cracked my door open, and called out, "Night!" and closed it again. I groggily packed my bag for the next morning, and set my alarm clock. I stumbled to my bed and fell into it. I covered up and closed my eyes. I dreamt happy and sad things, but I can't remember them.
"BZ! BZ! BZ! BZ!" my alarm clock screamed, pulling me away from dreamland. I reached over and whacked it, sending it flying. At least it shut up. I stood up, and stumbled to the bathroom. I splashed ice-cold water on my face, sending my eyes wide open.
"I'm awake! I'm awake!" I screeched, and dried my face. I ran back to my room, and threw on the red plaid skirt, and the white shirt. I did up the red tie, and slipped on the black jacket, buttoning it loosely. I brushed out my long red hair, and tied it up, as usual, with a black hair ribbon. As I saw watched myself in the mirror, I saw the ribbon was dotted with polka dots. I smiled, and slipped on my socks and shoes. I grabbed my bag, stuffing Kumiko and Mariko's eggs inside.
I ran down the stairs, pounding on Kei and Taishi's doors. Their doors flew open, and we all thundered down the stairs, Taishi in the boy's outfit for Seiyo Elementary, and Kei in the middle school outfit, looking sharp.
"Hi mom!" we said in unison.
"Hi dad!" we called again.
Our parents looked at us with confusion, as we never come down together. We all sat down, and inhaled some cereal.
"Bye mom, bye dad!" we said, each of us giving both of them a hug, and ran out the door.
I ran ahead of them, wanting to get to the school to meet up with the guardians.
I reached the gates of Seiyo Elementary, Taishi behind me, Kei already dispersed to the middle school. I pushed Taishi back to the door, and ran to the Royal Garden. I opened the doors, and slowed down. I walked in, as a sleep Kumiko and Mariko flew to my shoulders. I walked to the table, and was greeted by Mashiro, Amu, Yaya, and Tadase. I didn't see Sanjo, but I saw a boy with long purple hair sitting in his place, wearing a Guardian Cape. I smiled at them, but sent Amu a look meaning, "Who is this kid?" Amu smiled, and waved me over.
"Miliko, this is Fujisaki Nagihiko. His twin sister, Nadeshiko, used to be the queen!" she said, smiling.
"Hi, I'm Nozaki Miliko," I said, and noticed he didn't have any charas.
"Hi Tadase-kun, Yaya-chan," I smiled, waving at the two.
"Mashiro-san," I said to the blonde girl.
"Nozaki-san," she returned, frowning, despite the clowny chara next to her, laughing.
I spotted an empty chair, and walked over, sitting down. I noticed Tadase had placed it next to his, and I was able to hide the fact that I was blushing.
"So, Miliko-chan, have to taken up my offer?" Tadase asked, and I smiled.
"Yes, I wouldn't mind being a Guardian," I said, smiling.
"Okay, well, we have all talked, and we have come up with a new position for you."
"Okay, well what is it?" I asked, looking around the table.
"You will be the second Joker, working next to Hinamori-san," Tadase said, smiling at Amu.
"Sweet!" I exclaimed, shooting Amu a smile.
"She will explain the job of the Joker," Tadase said, and turned the table to her.
"The job of the Joker is to save broken hearts eggs, called X eggs. Lately, we have been getting some? eggs, which are much worse. We know Easter is behind it, trying once again to take the Embryo," Amu said.
"Some evil people destroy the hearts egg, but I save them, using my move, Open Heart," Amu continued.
"Oh, so now I help you with that?" I asked, putting a finger to my head.
"Yep!" she said.
Ran flew out from behind her, followed by Miki and Su. They flew over, and greeted Kumiko and Mariko.
I watched Kiseki fly out, and also Mashiro's chara. I noticed everyone's chara was there, except Fujisaki's. I frowned, and watched the charas talk and play and socialize.
The Guardians got back to work, flipping pages and everything.
All of a sudden, Miki gasped.
"Eh? Miki, what is it?" Amu asked.
"I feel the presence of an X egg! Maybe it's a ? egg!" she called, leaning forward, her bag hanging out.
"Yeah, I feel it too!" Su said sweetly.
We all ran outside, and Amu called, "My heart: Unlock!" her fingers twisting around a lock hanging from her neck.
"My heart: Unlock!" Tadase, Yaya, and Mashiro called. They all flew into the air, Amu having Ran, Tadase, Yaya, and Mashiro having Kiseki, Pepe, and the clown girl. The charas went into their eggs, and melted into their hearts. They all transformed.
They all landed, Amu shouting, "Character Transformation: Amulet Heart!"
There was also, "Platinum Royal!" by Tadase.
"Dear Baby!" came from Yaya.
"Clown Drop!" called Mashiro.
I felt my heart racing, and Kumiko flew next to me.
"It's time!" Kumiko whispered in my ear.
I looked at the others, and they stared at me. I took a deep breath.
I raised my arms, and shouted, "My heart: Unlock!"
Hehe, cliffhanger. That's all for this chapter! Bye!