Friends and Enemy's Chapter 2, a shugo chara! fanfic

Okay chapter 2 just as promised!

Ikuto: It's about time! Do you know how long we have been waiting for this story to continue?

Miko: not as long as my other ones so you can just go climb a tree before I put this on hold!

Ikuto: …………………….

Amu: O.O wow… what's wrong?

Miko: I don't own Shugo Chara…. Wish I did but I don't…. and I don't need any crud from Mr. Pervert over there!

Ikuto: I am only a pervert to Amu.

Miko: Sure whatever… on with the story.

Chapter 2: The New Arrival.

Erica, Amu, and Ikuto along with five chara's looked on in awe. Before them was a chara but not just any chara. This one was a cat chara like Yoru. Erica's cat chara.

"Hi, I'm Nala." she said happily. She had tan ears and a thin tan tail. She had on a sand colored shirt and pants. "Hello Erica, it's good to see you."

Everyone was in awe at what they were looking at. That is until Ran, Miki, Su, and Dia turned on Yoru. "So that's why you wanted to steal her egg. She was a cat chara." They yelled at him.

"That's really low, even for you." Miki said turning away from him.

"Desu." Su added.

They floated up to Nala with smiles in greeting. "Hello my names Ran."

"Miki"

"Su"

"And I am Dia."

"It's very nice to meet you. Who's the mangy cat?" Nala asked looking over at Yoru.

This brought Erica, Amu, and Ikuto back to their senses.

"Come on Yoru, we're leaving." Ikuto said before jumping on to the roof tops and leaping away.

Amu watched him till he was out of sight, and only came to when she heard Erica giggling at her.

"What is so funny?" Amu asked in her cool and spicy attitude.

"You like Ikuto-kun. Don't you." Erica said when she stopped giggling.

Amu didn't answer her; she just turned away when she felt her face getting hot from embarrassment.

Erica just giggled more at Amu's reaction.

As they continued on their way Nala was talking to Ran, Miki, Su, and Dia while the girls chatted about other things. "I'm glad you have a Chara, Erica. I didn't want you wondering why I was always talking to myself." Amu said in a better mood then when Ikuto had tried to take Erica's egg.

"I am too, but what is a chara?" Erica asked.

Nala went down to her owner. "I am your would-be-self. So if you believe in me and yourself we can work together so you can be all that you can be."

"Oh." Erica said in understanding. 'It was because of my wish.'

"Erica?" Amu said bringing Erica out of her thoughts. "Isn't this your house?" She asked stopping in front of the white house.

"Oh, yeah. I'll see you tomorrow Amu-chan." With that Erica stepped into her house and closed the door after waving good-bye to Amu.

~With Erica and Nala~

Erica walked in and again she was the only one home. Her little brother was at pre-k today and it was her father's turn to pick him up and her mother was working late tonight.

"Erica?" Nala asked bringing Erica out of her thoughts.

"Hmm?"

"Why didn't you tell Amu-chan about the other two heart eggs?" She asked out of curiosity.

"I was afraid that if I did that boy would come after them, like he did to you." Erica explained.

"That actually makes sense." Nala realized after a few moments. "But what will you tell the others when they hatch?"

Erica thought about that for a moment. "I don't know, I guess we'll have to figure that out as we go." She said thoughtfully.

"Erica? I'm hungry ~mew." Nala said landing on her owners head making Erica giggle.

They made their way to the kitchen and as she reached the fridge she saw a note that read, 'Dear Erica, it's your turn to make dinner. Try not to burn the kitchen down.' There was a recipe below the note.

"Chicken tonight." Erica had a sour look on her face at the mention of chicken.

"What's the matter? Don't you like Chicken?" Nala asked.

"I like chicken, it's just that, I can't cook very well." She admitted. "The last time I cooked a meal it burned and the fire department had to come and put out the fire." She let out a long sigh before opening the fridge. "Might as well get this over with."

She took out the already marinated chicken and put it in a sprayed down dish. She had already put her bag at the table, put an apron on, put her eggs on a towel and washed her hands before doing so. Nala was lying on the towel waiting for Erica to finish. Erica preheated the oven and got out a can of carrots and put them in a dish and sprinkled some brown sugar on them before putting them in the microwave. She put the chicken in the oven after it was preheated and set the timer. Just as instructed on the note.

She went to the table to do her homework while she waited for the chicken to cook. Nala decided to move to Erica's bag while she worked and take a nap there.

A few minutes into her homework Erica heard a crash come from the kitchen. Peering into the room she saw that one of the cupboards was open a bit.

Nala had gotten up with Erica and headed to the kitchen. She quietly walked up to the cupboard door and opened it. Out fell a small chara wearing a chef's white coat and hat as well as a black pants and shoes.

"Ouch." Said the chara as she got up and floated higher as Erica picked up the box of ride that thankfully wasn't open. "Hello, I'm Amy. I just wanted to make some rice for the dinner." Amy explained.

Nala could be heard from the counter where the towel was. "She's one of your chara's Erica. One of the eggs is missing ~mew."

Amy Quickly went over to the stove and opened the oven door. "The chicken is done. You need to take it out now."

Erica grabbed an oven mitt and took the chicken out and for once it wasn't burned. She turned to the timer that read seven minutes. "Amy, the timer says it still needs seven minutes. Why does it need to be taken out now?"

Amy floated around to her face. "If it was left in any longer it would burn. And the chicken is cooked through completely." She explained.

Erica just had this 'oh' look on her face when told all this. After a moment she put a pot on for the rice. "So you're my-would-be self Amy?"

"That's right." Before she could say anything more on the subject the front door opened and you heard a man and a boy talking. Erica quickly grabbed her last egg and put it in her pocket while her chara's hid in her hair.

"Something smells really good." A small boy of about five came into the kitchen and was surprised at what he saw. "Onee-chan, who made dinner?" he asked.

"I did, is it really that big of a surprise Danny?" Erica asked defensively.

The boy, Danny, had short blond hair and blue eyes that just sparkled with mischief. He wore a blue school outfit that consisted of shorts and a blue jacket and white shirt underneath.

"Erica, did you make all this?" it was her father this time who asked. He was a tall man around almost six foot, well built with blond hair and bluish green eyes. He wore a t-shirt and a pair of ratty old blue jeans.

"Yes, mom asked me to make it so I did." Erica said folding her arms. "Is it really that big of a surprise?"

"Yes." He brother said 'innocently'. He was a boy that loved to mess with his sister. "What'd you do to it?"

Their father just burst into laughter while Erica stomped away. "Finish it yourself. Carrots in the microwave and water for rice. Enjoy!" She grabbed her homework and headed upstairs in a huff.

Before she made it to the stairs she heard her father say though laughter, "At least she didn't burn down the kitchen this time." Which made her brother fall to the floor laughing.

"And mother wonders where Danny gets it from." She made her way to her room which was a light blue and put her things next to and on her desk before sitting down.

"Erica?" Amy asked coming out of her hair followed by Nala. "Don't listen to them, you can be a great cook some day!

Erica pulled out a small basket and put her last remaining egg in it. Then pushed it against the wall on her desk so it was hidden from any prying eyes through her window.

"You can be good at anything you do Erica ~Mew!" Nala said pushing Amy out of the way.

Erica went back to her homework while her two chara's argued over why Nala pushed Amy.

~back when Erica went inside~

Amu continued on her way home. Miki couldn't take the silence anymore. "I can't believe that Erica's Chara is a cat."

"But it does explain why Yoru wanted to capture her." Dia said calmly as they walked into the house.

The others nodded in agreement. Amu put her bag next to the stairs and walked into the kitchen. "Mama, Papa? I'm home." She called but no answer. "Papa must be getting Ami from Pre-school."

Ami was almost five now so her parents thought it was time for her to go to school. So they signed her up when Amu went into the 7th grade.

Amu headed up to her room to do some of her homework. About 20 minutes later she heard the door open and her sister running up the stairs as fast as she could.

"Onee-chan, guess what! Guess what!" she said excitedly.

She saw her father make it to her door way looking half dead. "What?" Amu asked confused. Why was Papa like that? What could have happened to make him half dead?

"I made a new friend in scool today!" she said happily.

"Then why is Papa crying?" Amu asked looking up at their father. His one hand was holding him up on the door frame to keep him from falling to the floor.

"He's really nice, and he's from Am-er-e-ca!"

At this their Papa fell to the floor screaming "Nooooooooooo!" His soul floating above his head.

Amu got up and pushed his soul back in and turned to Ami. "What's his name Ami?" she asked nicely.

"His name is Nightingale, Daniel. He even has a sister!"

'Erica has a younger brother? I wonder how he's going to react to her chara's.' Amu thought to herself. She then looked over at their unconscious father. "Ami want to help me bring Papa down to the couch?"

"Okay, one-chan." Ami replied happily.

After dragging Papa down to the couch, Amu sent Ami to her room to play with Ran and Su, while Miki stayed with Amu.

"Do you think that Ikuto will ever stop chasing after other peoples heart eggs?" Amu asked.

Miki was interrupted by a deep voice. "Are you ever going to lock this door Amu? I told you anyone could get in here and hurt you." Ikuto said leaning on the balcony door frame.

"Ikuto, what are you doing here?!" Amu asked angered by him surprising her yet again.

"I came to see you. Can't I do that?" Ikuto teased.

"No, now get out!" Amu said pointing to the door.

"You don't mean that." Ikuto said with his trade mark smirk.

Amu glared at him, "Get out now or I'll make you. I don't have time to deal with you." Miki was at her side glaring at Ikuto and Yoru who was floating next to his head.

"What if I don't want to?" he asked stepping closer.

"Miki!"

"Right"

"Character change, Amulet spade!" Amu stepped toured him making her paint brush appear in the process.

He grinned at this reaction. "You want to play, let's play." Ikuto's ears and tail appeared. And he hopped out to the balcony, Amu following him.

After a few blasts from her brush at him, which he dodged easily. She was able to get close enough to him to yell so she didn't strain her voice. ""Why do you enjoy teasing me Ikuto?!"

He just grinned back at her as he stopped on top of a building.

A deep voice stopped them in their tracks though. "Ikuto, will you stop playing with little girls? We have more important things to do than feed into your stupid perversions."

Amu, surprised, looked to see who the voice belonged to. By the road, leaning against a blue Alfa Romeo Hatchback with his arms crossed was a male teen, no older than 17. He had long dark purple hair tied in a pony tail that hung down to his ass, and ocean blue eyes one could drown in. He didn't seem too pleased in his red long sleeve shirt, short sleeve black hoodie, and form fitting blue jeans.

Amu, having never seen the guy before, turned to Ikuto, who was now blushing a little. "Who's he?"

Ikuto just chuckled as his cat ears and tail disappeared while he jumped down from the balcony and walked towards the teen by the Alfa. Amu changed back to normal as the 2 teens got into the blue sports car and roared away to the sound of the V6 engine.

- Back with Erica in her room -

Erica collapsed onto her bed just after she turned on her radio. While calming down, she might as well pick up on the music culture in Japan, right?

the radio DJ cam on excitedly. "And this is the new single from Japan's latest pop sensation, Richard Faith. This is 'Overprotected' on DJ107.3"

A song started up that sounded familiar to Erica. It sounded like a Britney Spears song, but different. (A/N: this is just a rewrite of Britney Spears song "Overprotected". I don't own the rights to this song. This song rewrite was written by my friend GothicChevy)

"[Spoken:]
I need time (time)
Love (love)
Joy (joy)
I need space
I need me
(Action!)

Say hello to the boy that I am!
You're gonna have to see through my perspective
I need to make mistakes just to learn who I am
And I don't wanna be so damn protected
There must be another way
Cause I believe in taking chances
But who am I to say
What a boy is to do
God, I need some answers

What am I to do with my life
(You will find it out don't worry)
How am I supposed to know what's right?
(You just got to do it your way)
I can't help the way I feel
But my life has been so overprotected

I tell 'em what I like
What I want
What I don't
But every time I do, I stand corrected
Things that I've been told
I can't believe what I hear about the world, I realize
I'm Overprotected

There must be another way
Cause I believe in taking chances
But who am I to say
What a boy is to do
God I need some answers

I need… time (love)
I need… space
(This is it, this is it)

I don't need nobody telling me just what I wanna
What I what what what I'm gonna
Do about my destiny
I Say No, No
Nobody's telling me just what what what I wanna do, do
I'm so fed up with people telling me to be
Someone else but me

(Action!)

I don't need nobody telling me just what I wanna
What I what what what I'm gonna
Do about my destiny
I Say No, No
Nobody's telling me just what I wanna do, do
I'm so fed up with people telling me to be
Someone else but me

Erica listened to the song happily with a sense of nostalgia about America, but something seemed wrong about the song. She just couldn't put her finger on it.

That's it for now…. Yes it took longer than expected and I'll update as soon as I can.