Tear Droplet: I'm so glad about the reviews I received. I would I also like to thank DemonAngelGirl for reviewing so much^^. Because of her, I was able to have the motivation to continue writing this story since I was think about possibly discontinue it. I would also like to thank konnie for reviewing once more ^^

Natsume: What kind of chapter is this?

Tear Droplet: This is the last part to the connecting chapters.

Natsume: Why does it have to be me?

Tear Droplet: It's because you are the last guardian I need to connect into the group.

Natsume: I'm fine by myself.

Tear Droplet: Ohh by the way everybody, I would appreciate it if you can check out my new story Expect the Unexpected. The titles kind of crappy I guess but hey I want to know what you guys think of it.

Natsume: Don't read it people, it's boring.

Tear Droplet: I need their opinion not yours. Now as punishment do the disclaimer.

Natsume: Why should I?

Tear Droplet: If you don't, I'll make you do something embarrassing in the chapter.

Natsume: This wimp over here doesn't own Gakuen Alice or Shugo Chara which also includes its characters.

Tear Droplet: I'm not wimp.

Natsume: Ohh of coarse you're not, how inconsiderate of me. You aren't a wimp, you are a crybaby.

Tear Droplet: My penname is Tear Droplet, T-ear- Dr-op-let.

Natsume: What's this you say your name is Rain Drop?

Tear Droplet: Ohh close enough. I tried making this more like Gakuen Alice this time so yeah enjoy!

Connecting: Adding the King

(A/N: This is the same day as the other "Connecting" chapters)

Natsume lied down on his bed while Tadase sat on his desk sorting out the guardian papers that Natsume was forced to bring home and sort but instead Tadase is doing it. Suddenly a voice called out.

"Oi! Natsume! I'm going to visit her today, you want to come along?" it asked.

"No, now go away!" Natsume replied.

"Okay, whatever suit yourself" the voice replied back and then the sound of the door could be heard.

Natsume took out a manga to read during this time afterwards while Tadase continued to sort papers. The only sound that could be heard now was the sound of ruffling papers and the clock ticking. The silence was soon disturbed about an hour later.

"Natsume I'm done sorting the papers" Tadase said as he organized the papers in a neat pile and flew over to the bed.

"Hn" Natsume replied still flipping through the pages.

"Natsume, are you going to just sit here all day reading manga?" Tadase asked again.

Natsume didn't reply which made Tadase angry. "Look you stubborn King; if you are going to become a king then start acting like one. Start calling up your loyal servants and serve you!" Tadase shouted.

"Hn" was once again Natsume's reply once again.

"Alright you disobeying King it's time to teach you a lesson! Chara-Change!" Tadase shouted and immediately a fiery crown appeared on Natsume's head.

"Be a good boy now and go over to the phone and dial up one of the servants!" Tadase yelled while pointing at his cell phone.

Natsume put down his manga and walked over to pick up his phone. He then dialed Ruka's number and listened to the ring.

"RING…..RING…..RING…..RING….. I'm sorry but t he person you are trying to contact is not available at the moment. Please leave a message" and at that moment Natsume shut his phone and immediately the crown disappeared.

"Are you going to annoy me all day until I do something?" Natsume asked (more like demanded in a frightening tone)

"Yeah" Tadase replied.

"Fine, I'll go out to the bookstore in central town to pick up the new series to this manga" Natsume said as he got up to change.

Central Town

Natsume arrived at central town about an hour later. He walked into his bookstore and immediately approached the manga section. While he was looking at the mangas, something caught his eye. Natsume turned around to face the window and there in the seafood restaurant across the street was what looked like his best friend Ruka and the Ice Queen.

"What is Ruka doing with that Ice Queen?" Natsume silently thought to himself.

"Ohh look, it's the Queen and Jack along with t heir charas" Tadase said looking out the window. "Let's stop by and say hello"

"No, let them enjoy their little date" Natsume said smirking while he walked over to the cashier to pay for his books with Tadase trailing behind.

"What did you buy?" Tadase asked when they walked out of the store.

"The next book to the series along with some other books such as the newly released King of Gag comics to shut you up" Natsume replied.

At the cue, Hotaru and Ruka walked out of the restaurant. "Hmm I wonder where they are going." Natsume thought quietly to himself as he aimlessly started following them.

He stopped midway when he heard an "Ahh!" and looked up to see who made that sound.

Natsume's POV

"Ohh it's polka dots" I unconsciously said out loud. I saw the whole scene where Polka was with the singer and the new jer- er deuce and how she got hit with one of the ice queen's inventions and the same for the deuce. I then heard her say "You know you should quit hiding and come out. Did you think I was stupid not to notice how you were following us?"

I jerked up. Was she talking to me? I wasn't really sure until I got hit with her inventions.

Normal POV

"Yeah I'm talking to you. Who else has been stalking us since we exited the restaurant" Hotaru said again

Everyone was staring at her as she talked aimlessly into the air. Hotaru sighed and turned around to aim the baka gun to where Natsume was standing. Natsume who wasn't paying attention, couldn't avoid it and got hit. He was now rubbing his head while throwing a deathly glare at Hotaru who was in front of him.

"Natsume!" Ruka exclaimed as he ran over to him "What are you doing here!?"

"Stalking us I presume" Ikuto said as he floated by.

"Shut up you crafty cat! We were just at that bookstore and you guys happened to be there" Tadase yelled back.

"Ohh if it isn't Hyuuga-san" Mikan said as she ran over to the three with Hitomi and Hikaru following her.

Natsume looked up and almost blushed because of Mikan's outfit but thanks to his stoic face nobody was able to get possibly a glimpse at it (except for Ikuto).

"Hmm so it's strawberries today huh?" Natsume said looking away.

"WHAT! HOW DO YOU KNOW! YOU STUPID PERVERT" Mikan shouted.

"You shouldn't run while wearing a skirt" Natsume plainly stated.

"What's with all the ruckus?" Utau said angrily while coming out of her egg which was inside Hitomi's purse.

"Gya!! Ikuto! You came to see me right!?" Utau exclaimed as she flew over to Ikuto and tried to hug him but he easily avoided.

"I can easily read your hugging pattern you know" Ikuto said.

"Hey Natsume, what are you doing here?" Ruka asked.

"Nothing" Natsume plainly stated as he continued to walk.

Hitomi then took out her notebook to show everyone.

"Since we are all here, why not we all go eat lunch together?" is what it said.

"Thanks for the offer Hoshina-san but Hotaru and I ate already" Ruka replied.

"It's okay. I'm still hungry after all" Hotaru replied.

"So why don't we go and eat lunch at Angel's Café?" Hikaru asked again.

"Sure" Hotaru replied as she started to walk towards the direction of the café.

"Ahh Ruka, you may leave that luggage with my manager at Dreams Corporations. You know where it is right?" Hitomi wrote on a notebook.

"Ahh yeah, thanks" Ruka replied.

Suddenly Shizune appeared. "No need, I'm already here" she said.

"Yamanouchi-san what are you doing here?" Hitomi said surprised in a low voice.

"I was thinking of telling you that you have a photo shoot in an hour and a half and now that I'm here, I'll take the stuff Nogi-kun has here" she said as she took the stuff. "Don't worry, I was going to visit Imai-kun later on so I'll be sure to give these stuff to him" Shizune said.

"Okay thank you for your service" Ruka said as he bowed.

"Now let's go to Angel's Café!" Hikaru exclaimed as he dragged Mikan and Hitomi to where Hotaru was.

"Are you coming Natsume?" Ruka asked as he started to walk towards the four.

"Hn" was Natsume's reply as he walked with Ruka.

(I don't want to write the café part since it's not that important. I'll just cue you in on what happened. Mikan met Anna there and found out that her parents own the café. Natsume ordered a strawberry shortcake, Ruka ordered a cup of coffee, Hitomi ordered some rose tea, and Hotaru, Mikan, and Hikaru ordered a bunch of cakes.)

After they finished

"Wow I'm stuffed" Mikan exclaimed when they exited the café.

"You eat too much Strawberry print" Natsume stated.

Mikan tried to restrain her temper and said "But I am quite surprised that Hyuuga-kun would eat a strawberry shortcake"

"Natsume's favorite fruit is strawberry" Ruka stated as he placed a hand on Natsume's shoulder.

"Shut up Ruka" Natsume said angrily.

"Wow him like strawberries, I would never imagine" Mikan stated "By the way, why didn't Ruka-pyon and Hitomi eat anything?"

"I already ate Sakura-san, remember?" Ruka answered.

"Ohh I see, but why didn't Hitomi eat anything?"

"I can't take in many calories" Hitomi wrote out on a notebook.

"Ohh I see" Mikan replied as she continued to walk. They were now in the middle of Central Town (where we first started with the two first connecting chapters) There weren't any people around except for 3 and Mikan instantly recognized one of them.

"Nobora-chan!" Mikan exclaimed as she began to run towards her but was pulled back.

Mikan turned to see who had yanked her hand and prevented her from going to Nobora and surprisingly it was Natsume.

"What the heck you jerk! Let me go" Mikan exclaimed as she broke free from his grasp.

"Sakura-san, don't go near them" Ruka stated as he pulled Mikan behind him. (Currently the girls are behind the boys.)

"Huh? Why?" Mikan wondered as she looked from Hotaru to Hitomi to Hikaru.

"Mikan look who's with them" Hotaru answered the confused Mikan.

Mikan turned and saw Reo and Shido standing by Nobora.

"Hmm if it isn't the playing cards" Reo said as he stepped in front of Nobora "what are you guys doing here? Perhaps you are here to play?"

"You wish you stupid bastard" Natsume scoffed.

"Hmm Nobora, you know you should transform to get rid of them so we could get back to the company" Shido said.

"Ahh but Mikan-chan" Nobora muttered under her breath.

"Nobora! Come on let's transform and get rid of them" Yuki shouted as she came out.

"But…." Nobora stuttered.

"Ahh why me? Nobora's heart, unlock!" Yuki shouted as an ice blue color started to surround Nobora and Yuki.

"Chara Nani (Character Transformation) Broken Arrow" Nobora and Yuki said. Nobora was now dressed up in a white fluffy winter dress that reached her knees with white snow boots. On her hair was a white headband with two snowflakes on the ends. Her eyes were now currently ice blue and looked lifeless.

"Nobora-chan?" Mikan muttered softly.

"Now Nobora, take care of them while we take our leave" Reo said as he gave her a pat on the shoulder and walked away with Shido.

Nobora didn't show any emotion. All she did was look at the six and aimed an ice dagger at them which the boys dodged (Hikaru barely dodged) while the girls ran for it.

"What's wrong with Nobora-chan!?" Mikan exclaimed.

"Now's not the time to ask questions!" Hotaru shouted back.

"Nobora-chan stop it!" a voice called out. Haruka came out of her egg and flew towards Nobora.

"Stop it Nobora, don't hurt them!" Haruka said.

Nobora's eyes started to show her normal color again as she blinked twice to see what was going on.

"Mikan-chan?" she exclaimed in surprise as she looked around. She noticed how she was transformed and immediately knew what happened.

"Sorry" she exclaimed as she ran away.

"Nobora-chan?" Mikan shouted after her but she was already gone.

"Man Haruka why did you ruin all the fun!" Yuki shouted as the character transformation was undone.

"Nobora-chan didn't want to hurt them! You should quit forcing her! She doesn't want to be like that!" Haruka shouted back.

"Humph what would you understand. Of course Nobora wants to be cold. That's why I was born idiot" Yuki scoffed back as she gave her a slap on the cheek.

"Nobora-chan?" Haruka said with tears as she turned to Nobora.

"I almost hurt her… I almost hurt Mikan-chan… my only friend" Nobora muttered to herself.

Back to the group

Mikan was too shock to speak after the incident. Everybody was quiet until Hitomi decided to break the silence.

"Why don't we all go back to the Dreams Corporations" she said softly "I have a photo shoot in half an hour, come one Mikan-chan lets go" she said as she took Mikan's hand and dragged her to the direction of Dreams Corporation. The other four followed them.

When they arrived at Dreams Corporations, they were sitting in the lobby while waiting for Hitomi's manager. It was pure silence once more until Hikaru decided to break it this time.

"Hey, what's the AAO?" he asked.

"Let me answer that for you Hikaru" Ruka answered.

"The AAO is a short version on saying the Anti-Alice Organization. The people there would stop at nothing to get their hands on the embryo. This is the reason why there are x eggs. They would just pull out the eggs of the children's heart until they finally find it. We don't know why they want it though"

"But why out of all the names the AAO?" Hikaru asked.

"It seems that the guardian's in Alice Academy have been an hindrance to them for years so my guess is that is the reason why" Ruka answered.

"That girl and 2 boys you saw earlier are part of the organization" Tadase continued which caught Mikan's attention.

Tadase continued to speak" The boy with red hair was named Reo Mouri. He is a singer working under the AAO. He is currently number 3 on the list. Hoshina-san usually sees him often so we can usually keep in track to make sure the AAO doesn't scheme anything bad. The other boy was Shido, Reo's bodyguard"

Hikaru glanced at Mikan before asking "who was the girl?"

"The girl is known no other than Nobora Ibaragi or the Ice Princess"

Mikan then recalled when she first met Reo and how ice daggers helped Reo escape.

Flashback (Chapter 3-The Drawn Joker)

Suddenly ice daggers came flying towards all of the guardians. "Hotaru!" shouted Mikan as she shielded her from the ice daggers and got hit. Suddenly the character transformation was undone and there laid the hurt Mikan and Amu right by her side also a bit hurt. "Mikan!" screamed the surprised Hotaru "Why did you do such a reckless thing?" "Good job ice princess" said Reo

End of flashback

"So Nobora-chan was the one who was throwing the ice daggers" Mikan thought to herself in disbelief.

"Ibaragi-san is like a puppet that works for them. We don't know why but from the looks of it, she doesn't really want to work for them. She can do character transformations too and to make it more shocking, she has two charas" Tadase continued.

"Then if she doesn't want to work for them, then why was she still obeying their commands!?" Yaya exclaimed.

"Ibaragi-san seems to have a split personality. Usually she would be someone who is shy but there are occasions where she acts different with or without a character change" Ruka answered.

Mikan still didn't know what to believe. She stared down at the floor in disbelief.

Hitomi glanced at Mikan and quickly noted how she was still confused.

"Putting that aside, Mikan-chan do you want to take the photo shoot with me?" she asked softly with a smile as she tilted her head to face Mikan who was staring at the floor.

"Eh!?" Mikan exclaimed when she finally came back to her senses.

"That won't be a problem right Yamanouchi-san?" Hitomi asked Shizune who also appeared at the same time she asked.

"Yeah I don't see anything wrong with that" she replied.

"Great now let's go Mikan and Hotaru" she said as she dragged them to the dressing rooms.

"Wait why must I also change?" Hotaru exclaimed.

"100 rabbits for each photo" Shizune said as Hotaru quietly allowed herself to be hauled away.

Shizune then left the lobby to the dressing rooms.

Natsume feeling bored took out a manga to read. Everybody else was now sitting. It was now quiet as only the flipping of Natsume's manga could be heard.

"What are you reading?" Rima asked as she turned to look at Natsume.

Natsume didn't reply. Rima then took notice of a manga sticking out of the bag with other mangas in it.

"Mind if I read one of the mangas?" Rima asked.

"Hn" was Natsume's reply.

"I'll take that as a yes then" she said as she took out The King of Comedy.

Rima nestled down and read the comic with Amu, Yaya, Kukai, Nadeshiko and Tadase reading along.

"This manga is so funny!" Yaya exclaimed as she laughed.

Amu tried to restrain her laughter while Kukai was also laughing. Tadase, Nadeshiko and Rima just looked amused but Rima was secretly laughing inside.

Suddenly the door to the female dressing rooms swung open and out came out Hitomi, Mikan, and Hotaru dressed up as cowgirls.

Hitomi wore her hair down with a white cowgirl's hat with white cowgirl boots and a white dress that reached up to her knee with a pink leathered belt. Mikan also let her hair down and wore almost an identical outfit only in pink and with a purple leathered belt instead. Hotaru wore an identical outfit to the other two only in a lavender color and with a white belt.

"Man their (referring to Mikan and Hotaru) so cute" Natsume and Ruka thought at the same time when they saw them and turned away.

"Waa Mi-chan you look so cute!" Yaya said flying over to Mikan.

"Not bad" Amu and Rima said in unison as they also flew over to her.

"I wouldn't think Hotaru would wear this type of clothing" Nadeshiko said as she flew over to Hotaru.

"Shut it" Hotaru said.

"Now you boys better go change too" Hitomi said as she walked over to them "the photo shoot will start in 15 minutes."

"Eh!!!! Why must we also change!?" Hikaru exclaimed.

"You guys are going to be issued together with Hitomi in the magazine. You are her friends after all so let's have you guys take a group photo" Shizune said as she came out.

"Now hurry up, and change" she said as she pushed the three boys into the males changing room.

When they came out, they were wearing matching cowboy outfits.

Natsume was wearing a jet black cowboy hat with a black shirt, jacket, pants, and shoes. He also had a yellow star on the vest. Attached to his pants was a pocket that kept a fake gun which was also black(He kind of looks like a sheriff don't you think?). Ruka wore an identical outfit to Natsume's only in brown colored. Hikaru wore a similar outfit only in a honey brown color.

"Why must we dress up as cowboys!" Hikaru exclaimed when he came out.

"Simple, this months theme seems to be the wild west so it's natural for you guys to be dressed as cowboys" Shizune replied.

"Hn kudarenai (useless)"Natsume stated.

"Now quit chit chatting. Hitomi has a tight schedule to keep you know" Shizune exclaimed as she dragged the 5 (Hitomi followed) to where the photos were to be taken.

Time Skip

"Man today was fun!" Mikan exclaimed as she sat down at the couch.

"Everyone looked like they were having fun with the photos" Yaya exclaimed back.

"Well almost everybody" Rima corrected "The kings' chair didn't seem to be enjoying it" she stated as she looked at a photo given to them of the shoot.

"yea what seems to be his problem" Amu added on while looking at the photo.

"Anyway, it's been a while. Why don't we watch TV?" she said as she turned on the television.

A comedy show immediately popped out. "Let's watch this" Yaya exclaimed.

"Now we'll have some people from the audience demonstrate some funny stances" one of the announcers said. (Two people came up) "Bala Balance (Balancing Balance)" they said as they preformed a crooked stance of the balancing move from the King of Comedy.

"Rima what's wrong?" Amu asked as she noticed Rima burning up with rage.

"What kind of pose was that just now?" she said as a fiery background could be seen.

"R-Rima?" Amu stuttered.

"Mikan! Show these two what a real balance stance is!" she exclaimed as a red bow appeared on top of Mikan's head.

Mikan immediately got up and preformed the correct balancing pose with Rima.

"Bala Balance" they said with goofy faces while Amu and Yaya stared at them with shock written on their faces.

"Ri/Mi- Rima/Mikan?" Amu stuttered.

Tear Droplet: Sigh what a long chapter. I tried making the paragraphs shorter so it'll be easier to read. So, how is it? Does it still suck? I know it still sound a lot like Shugo Chara and I apologize. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Rima: How can you make me do that in front of them!

Tear Droplet: Now Rima, what's wrong with it?

Rima: It's not cool that's what!

Amu: Now Rima calm down.

Yaya: That's right Rima-tan, nothing to be embarrassed about.

Rima: Shut up! You don't know what it's like to feel embarrassed like this!

Tear Droplet: Now would you three stop bickering? Thank those who reviewed.

Amu: Sigh….thanks konnie for reviewing once more.

Yaya: Moe! Amu-chi say it like you mean it! Anyway, thanks you DemonAngelGirl for reviewing 7 times and adding this story to your favorites! You should have seen Tear Droplet's face when she saw it.

Tear Droplet: Ya- Yaya!

Rima: (clicks buttons)

Tear Droplet: Rima what are you doing?

Rima: Texting a servant to do the thanks.

Tear Droplet, Amu, and Yaya: Just do it by yourself.

Nadeshiko: What's going on here?

Amu: Nadeshiko!

Yaya: Hey Nad-chi!

Amu: Hey Nadeshiko can you do the thanks? Rima doesn't want to do it.

Rima: Never mind, I'll do it! (glares at Nadeshiko) Thank you domino90 for reviewing and adding this story to your alerts.

Nadeshiko: Ara (oh my) looks like there is still one more person. I'll do this one. Thank you some_girl for reviewing. Looks like you're a new reader. Please support Tear Droplet ^^

Tear Droplet: Really thanks you guys! I wonder how many reviews I'll receive this time. Ohh well it doesn't really matter anymore I guess. I shouldn't force you guys to review if you don't want to. I would really appreciate it though if you would. Anyways, until next chapter! Bye!

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