Ikuto: No way!
Star: C'mon Ikuto! Please? Pretty please?
Ikuto: No!
Star: *pouts* Meanie…
Utau: What DID you want him to do?
Star: Oh it's nothing! Just wanted him to give me a piece of that chocolate taiyaki…
Ikuto: It's mine! I paid for it!
Star: Still…
Rima:…I wonder about you guys…
Star: Why thank you! :D
Rima: -_-"
Mayumi: Star doesn't own Shugo Chara!, any of its characters, song titles, songs, or games! But she does own me, Suki, Ayumi, Haru, Hoshi, and Hiroshi!
Star: Also, Suki transferred to Seiyo High a week after the school year began! Just in case you didn't know!
~Normal POV~
Kairi led the way to the cafeteria and opened the doors. There, they found a bunch of kids talking and eating lunch. They kept on moving and went outside. They were walking until they found the table where the rest of the Guardians were.
"Hey guys! What's up?" Kukai grinned.
"Nothing much," Tadase answered as the four sat down at the table.
"Yeah, if you count rocking the performances during music class nothing!" Hiroshi added.
"You what?" Utau stared disbelievingly at Hiroshi.
"It's true. Tora-sama, Sato-sama, Hotori-san, and I aced the music performance," Kairi explained.
"Tora-sama was the one who helped us ace it," Tadase said.
"Is that true Suki?" Amu stared at Suki.
"I guess," Suki shyly smiled.
"I so wished I was there to see it!" Utau complained.
"You can. You all can," everyone at the table turned to look at Kairi. "I had a little camera video-taping all the performances while we were practicing."
"We can watch it after school!" Yaya exclaimed as she ate some candy.
"Where can we watch it?" Rima raised an eyebrow and continued to eat her sandwich.
"Well…." Everyone turned to Kairi, "We can watch it in the auditorium."
"Then it's settled! We watch the performance after school!" Yaya cheered happily after stuffing another piece of candy into her mouth.
Everyone continued eating. It was pretty quiet and calm until…
"Is there another important school event that you guys didn't tell me? You know, besides Music Star?" Suki said loud enough for everyone at the table can hear.
"Um…" Amu was thinking, "There is the annual Seiyo High Talent Show. It's not required, but you do get extra credit if you participate."
"Yaya forgot about that! Amu-chi, when is it?" Yaya asked excitedly.
"In a couple of weeks I guess. It's during school," Amu answered and continued to eat her rice.
"So any of you guys planning on entering?" Nagihiko asked after eating some of his rice.
"Yaya is! Yaya's gonna try some ballet dances!" Yaya exclaimed cheerfully.
"Anyone else?" Nagihiko questioned. They all shook their heads no.
"I'm going to be the lighting person, so I can't," Kairi reasoned.
"What about you Suki?" Hiroshi wondered, "You're an expert on music!"
Suki shook her head no, "I can't do that. There's no way I can be up there in front of the whole school without messing up."
"Oh, so I guess you won't mind a little competition?" a snotty voice said. The Guardians turned their heads immediately to see Saaya and her group.
"What do you want Saaya?" Rima asked coldly.
"I just wanted to see if Suki here wanted to make a bet with me," Saaya slyly smiled.
"What kind of bet?" Suki inquired with a slight glare.
"Nothing really. Just, if you win the talent show, I'll do whatever you say for the rest of the week. But if I win, you drop your place in the Guardians, let me take your place, and will do whatever I say for the rest of the year," Saaya answered.
"That's not even a fair bet!" Utau commented.
"Don't do it Suki-sama! It's not worth it!" Nagihiko advised.
"What? Is the great Tora Suki, afraid?" Saaya smirked.
"It's a bet," Suki stated. The Guardians, Saaya's group, and everyone who had witnessed the whole scene gasped.
"Good," Saaya and her group started walking away, but after a couple of steps, she stopped and turned around. "By the way, you can only have 3 other people with you when you're on stage and they can't be the guys," And then, she left.
"Why'd you agree to it? It wasn't even a fair bet!" Ikuto looked shockingly at the younger girl.
"I had to do it," reasoned Suki.
"But you said yourself that you can't get in front of the school without messing up!" Kukai pointed out.
"It was a challenge. Would you back down from a challenge Kukai?" Suki supported her reason.
"…No.." Kukai admitted his defeat.
"Exactly," Suki continued, "It's hard for me to back down from a challenge."
"She's not joking. I was joking and dared her to eat the whole box of pizza. Guess what I didn't get to eat that day," Hiroshi said, with an additional slight glare at Suki.
"You knew I was hungry," Suki countered, and also glared back at Hiroshi. After that, not a word was spoken about the bet.
~Time Skip! Music!~
~Rima's POV~
Music class. Everything would be great, if I didn't have to be in Purple-head's group for performances. Yaya just had to choose him.
Well anyway, the groups are: Suki, Kairi, Tadase, and Hiroshi. Utau, Amu, Kukai, and Ikuto. And lastly, me, Yaya, Lulu, and that crossdresser.
"Rima-tan~! Are you gonna help us think of a name for the group or what?" Yaya waved her hand in front of my face. Everyone was sitting on the ground, in their groups, thinking of names for their groups and choosing a representative for their group.
"I guess so," I answered, after seeing that Yaya looked like she wanted an answer.
"So what do you guys think our group name should be?" Lulu asked.
"I don't know," crossdresser replied.
"How about 'Bala-Balance!'?" I suggested. My group stared at me disbelievingly. "What? At least it was a suggestion!"
Lulu sighed. "Any other ideas?"
"Yaya has one! Yaya wants the group name to be 'The Sweets!'" Yaya gave her idea. It always has to be about sweets…
"What about 'Circus'?" I said. I just love the circus, especially the clown acts!
"'Sweet Dream'?" Lulu recommended. Yaya and I nodded our heads in agreement, but of course Purple-head didn't.
"That's too girly!" he opposed.
"Oh, so you want the name 'Crossdresser' instead?" I retorted bitterly.
"Why on earth would I want that?" he protested.
"Cause that's what you are….Girly-boy…." I glared at him. Yeah, I used Ikuto's nickname for him, but who cares? It's not like Ikuto's around to hear that!
"Guys, we're never gonna decide on anything if you two are fighting," Lulu spoke before anything else happened.
"'Sugar Candies'!" Yaya exclaimed. We all nodded. Who knew that's what we decided on?
"Now who's going to be the representative?" Purple-head wondered.
"Yaya?" Lulu suggested.
"Well she did think of the name…" I supported.
"Then Yaya it is!" Yaya cheerfully said.
"Is everyone finished with the group names and representatives?" Ayane-sensei questioned us.
"Hai Ayane-sensei," we all recited.
"Then we'll start! We'll go in order, starting with Yaya-san's group and ending with Kairi-san's group!" Ayane-sensei chirped happily. It's impossible for her to be sad for at least 5 minutes!
"Yaya's group name is 'Sugar Candies'! Yaya thought of it herself!" Yaya told everyone, while the rest of us in the group sweatdropped. "And Yaya is Yaya's group's representative!"
"Our group's name is 'Black Diamond' and our representative is Utau," Amu said with a flip of her hair.
"Our group's name is 'Hot, Beautiful, Gorgeous Me!' and the representative is me!" Saaya went on.
"It should be 'Conceited, Ugly, Stuck-up Brat'," I muttered. Apparently, the crossdresser heard me and chuckled.
And after many groups later, "Our group's name is 'Night's Blaze' (Sorry if that was bad…I couldn't think of anything else! But if you have a better name, message me, or review a better name!) and the representative is Tora-sama," Kairi stated.
"Ok, so since that's done, work with your group and figure out who plays what," Ayane-sensei smiled at us. Seriously, was there ever a day where she wasn't happy?
"Yaya wants to play the guitar! Or the drums! Or the bass!" Yaya kept on adding to hers.
"I'll play the drums, guitar, or bass," he said.
"I can play the bass or keyboard/piano," Lulu added. "What about you Rima?"
"Well…I can play…Guitar and bass," I answered.
"Who's gonna sing?" Yaya wondered.
"Hmm…" Lulu was deep in thought. "How about Yaya plays the guitar, Nagihiko's on the drums, Rima can be the lead singer and lead guitarist, and I'll play the bass. Agreed?"
"Yup," we said, nodding our heads. Lulu is really good at this!
"Wait so Shorty the lead singer and lead guitarist?" Purple-head stared at Lulu disbelieving.
"Yeah, cause I don't wanna sing, you can't sing cause you're playing the drums, and do you trust Yaya with singing?" Lulu said, pointing at Yaya, who wasn't paying attention, but eating candy.
"….You got a point.." he said in defeat.
"Is everyone done?" Ayane-sensei asked, and we all nodded our heads. "Ok! Same order as last time, but the representative will speak."
"Yaya is one of the guitarists, Rima-tan's the lead guitarist and the lead singer, Lulu-chi plays the bass, and Nagi-kun will play the drums!" Yaya declared.
"Black Diamond's lead singer is me. Ikuto's playing the guitar, Amu's on the bass, and Kukai will play the drums. We might play different instruments for different songs, but this is the basic set," Utau went on, professionally. They're name has always been that.
"Well me, Saaya, will be…." There was more to hers, but I so don't wanna listen to her…And after many people later, it was finally Suki's group.
"Hiroshi will play the drums, Kairi's playing the bass, Tadase's going to play the guitar, and I'll be singing. Like 'Black Diamond', we might play other instruments for some songs, but this will be our original layout," Suki said, and at the last sentence, gave a look to Utau. They both looked at each other, and I swear you could see the tension and competition between the two!
"There will be another class performance sometime next week, so be prepared!" Ayane-sensei told us and then, the bell rang. I rushed to my next class, just waiting for the school day to be over to watch 'Night's Blaze' performance.
~After School~
Finally. After a good art class (today was an art day), an ok Home Ec. class, and a horrible P.E. class (today was volleyball….), the final bell rang.
"Ugh..I absolutely hate volleyball," Suki complained as she came out of the gym. (No offence to anyone! Volleyball is a good sport, but Rima and Suki just don't like it..)
"I know right? But you were actually good at it!" I told her.
Suki shook her head no, "I was terrible. I'd rather play anything else, but that."
"Agreed!" Suki and I were a lot alike…Weird…
"Where are we supposed to go again?" Suki asked me.
"I think to the auditorium," I led the way past many, many people in the hallway.
Once we got there, Suki opened the doors to reveal the rest of the Guardians sitting on the floor.
"There they are!" Kukai exclaimed.
"About time too," Ikuto added.
"About time for what?" Suki inquired.
"We were just about to start the video of our performance during music class," Kairi answered, pushing his glasses up.
"Start the video already!" Yaya whined. Kairi pressed the play button and it started, but since they skipped it, it was only going to show their group's performance.
~Time Skip~
Suki's group was awesome! They might actually stand a chance against Utau's group! And trust me; Black Diamond is way better than you think they are!
A year before Amu came, Utau, Ikuto, and Kukai were only in the top 3 for Music Star. They kept this going for all 4 Music Star's (1 for each season). A year later, they somehow convinced Amu to join the group, and they won first place. They were invincible ever since.
Utau's voice is, well that's self-explanatory. She's Japan's number 1 top idol, so of course she's gonna sound great! She kept on getting better, and better with each Music Star that comes.
Ikuto is an expert at guitar and violin. That's a no-brainer, since he's been playing since he was 6.
Kukai can actually play the drums and great too. He can play them as well as he can play sports!
Amu's voice complements Utau's perfectly, and aside from that, she can play various instruments. Which is probably why she fits in the group so well.
Once the video was over, everyone was either shocked, impressed, or both. Even Utau looked like she was impressed!
"So, what else is on our to-do list today?" I spoke up, since no one was doing anything, and there was certainly no sign of them to speak.
"Well…Nothing really," Tadase admitted.
"Great…..What now?" Suki sat back down on the floor.
"What are you going to do for the talent show Suki?" Utau wondered.
"I don't know….." Suki began to think, "Maybe sing again…Kairi, Tadase, Hiroshi, can you guys play the music for me?"
"That would be great….But we can't Tora-sama.." Kairi began to say.
"Why not?" Suki asked, "You guys are 3 people!"
"Yeah, but Saaya said that the 3 people can't be guys…" Tadase said.
"That brat! She knew that you would choose them because of how good you guys were at the performances!" I shouted.
"Calm down Rima," Amu told me.
"Well….I can write a new song then…." Suki softly said.
"That would be great!" Amu exclaimed.
"Yeah, that song alone would be better than Saaya's whole entire performance!" Utau stated.
"I'll start writing it tonight then," Suki replied.
"Suki-chan! We have to go!" Ayumi said all of a sudden.
"Yeah, you have got ready for the interview!" Mayumi added.
"Crap! That's today? Why did Mom have to plan an interview today?" Suki complained. "Well anyways, bye guys! See you tomorrow!" she said as she ran out of the room.
Once Suki ran out of the room, Mayumi floated up to us and said, "Wait 10 minutes before getting the limo. She'll be out of the house and already on her way to the interview."
"Thanks Mayumi, Ayumi," Hiroshi thanked them as the two charas flew out of the room, hoping to catch up with Suki.
"What was that about?" Utau questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Suki's birthday is in two days," he replied, "And I haven't gotten her a present yet."
"And?" Ikuto questioned further.
"And I doubt you guys have a present for her too," Hiroshi stated.
"….Yeah.." we all answered.
"So we can go buy her gifts, and she won't know!" he continued.
"What are you getting her anyway?" Utau wondered out loud.
"…Yeah, about that…" Hiroshi started, "I kinda need help on what to get her. It has to top the one I got her last year!"
"What did you get her?" I asked. This is like that game 20 questions…
"Her own recording studio," he simply stated as he began to call someone, probably the limo driver.
"….Dang..." Kukai stated.
"Well…How about a confession?" Yaya, the little matchmaker, suggested.
"How will that work out? Suki doesn't even want to fall in love!" Utau exclaimed.
"Limo's going to be arriving soon," Hiroshi stated.
"Once we get there, I have to go back to that music store! I already know what I'm going to get her!" Utau said.
"Hey Sato, what sport does Tora like?" Kukai asked.
"Well…She's really into basketball, soccer, and football…" Hiroshi answered.
"…Seriously? Suki likes those sports?" I inquired Hiroshi. He might be lying for all we know!
"Yeah, I'm the blame for that…." He smiled sheepishly.
I narrowed my eyes. "How dare you do that to my friend!" I glared at him.
"So now Tora-chan's your friend?" Purple-head wondered.
"Yes, so don't you dare become her friend like what you did with Amu!" I retorted.
"I thought you guys would stop fighting! It's been at least a year already!" Amu exclaimed before the fighting continued.
You see, Amu has been my best friend since 6th grade. When we both were freshmen at Seyio High, Purple-head transferred there, and became her best friend. The only reason why he became one of her best friends was because he was Nadeshiko's twin brother. Nadeshiko was Amu's best friend since first grade. Then she had to move to Europe to study dance. And now that he is here in Japan, Amu decided that me, Utau, and Purple-head are her best friends….I don't mind Utau, because when she brings me along when she takes Amu somewhere. But Cross-dresser is a different story.
But before anyone else got to speak, the limo arrived. "Let's go!" Amu shouted and she ran inside the limo.
Now I hate Purple-head even more…
Star: YAY! I AM DONE! *grins*
Ikuto: -.- Forgetting something?
Star: Oh yeah, HAPPY BIRTHDAY IKUTO! ^-^ *gives him chocolate taiyaki*
Ikuto: Thanks *eats*
Star: Can I have a piece?
Ikuto: No.
Star: Ikuto's being mean!
Ikuto: *sighs* Here..*gives me a small piece*
Star: *looks at the piece* Thanks…..
Ikuto: You said you wanted a piece! You never said anything about the size!
Star: Oh well….Please R&R….