The Black Cat of Misfortune
Chapter 10

DISCLAIMER
As much as Shugo Chara is an amazing anime and manga; I sadly do not own it. The only thing I own within this fanfiction is my OC characters, Elise and LeRoy, and my own original story plot.

Elise's POV

Once Ikuto and Yoru had walked out of the café, I had let out a sigh of relief that I didn't even know I had held in. Rain was still in a daze from talking with Yoru so I decided that in my time of silence that was given to me by that, that I would at least finish off my food.

Looking down at my plate that I had brought over from earlier I had noticed something missing…

"Rain…"

I said in a sickly sweet voice towards her making her tilt her head towards me.

"Yes Elise?"

"Where are my cookies?"

I said, my eyes glinting with some anger in them which seemed to scare Rain.

"Umm…well you see…I gave them to Yoru!"

Nodding my head slightly, I allow myself to calm down before smiling up at Rain.

"Elise, are you okay?"

"Oh I'm just fine and dandy Rain. It's not every day that someone else decides to eat my good sugary food."

I said, my eyes twitching slightly. So, I maybe a bit bipolar when it comes to my food, especially those that contain sugar. Sighing to myself I stand up and look over to Rain.

"Come on Rain, I plan on going to go home before the rain beats me to it."

And with that, Rain and I exited the small café and started to talk on the way back.

"So Rain, what types of things do you like to do? You know like hobbies and all that?"

"Well I like doing sports but I sometimes when playing sports isn't as fun as before, I would just take some time off and play on my violin."

"Violin?"

I asked and with that she somehow "magically" made a small version of a violin appear, her hands gently caressing the instrument in her hands. At least we had one thing in similarity to each other. Upon holding the violin, she started to place it by her chin and started playing as we continued walking.

The melody she played seemed nostalgic as if I had heard the melody in the pass but I couldn't really remember where I have heard it from. As she continued to play, it seems as if the music that was omitted from violin made the people around us happy.

We passed by a man who seemed to be having a bad day and were complaining but as soon as we passed him, his ears slightly picking up on the quiet music, he calmed down and his complaining stopped. It was incredible.

"Rain…"

I started to ask her quietly, making sure no one else was in an ear shot from me.

"Does the music you play on your violin…does it calm people down? Or affect them in any ways?"

"Well I'm not quite sure, but it seems like it."

The little chara replied back to me smiling slightly. Even though we didn't seem to get along very well before, I knew that now we would easily get along. It maybe weird to see little charas like her but it would just bring me closer to other people…like Ikuto I guess. I let the thought pass as I see a familiar sight that I often saw as a little kid.

"Hey Rain..."

"Yeah…?"

"Charas have different types of eggs right?"

"Pretty much, why?"

"Well there's another chara over there, the only difference between your shell and the egg over there is that yours is colourful whilst that one has a cross on it."

I said pointing towards the park where an egg, similar to Rain's yet different was flying through. It seemed pretty lonely and unlike Rain, it didn't seem to have an owner. This caused Rain to go into a slight panic as worry started to etch into her facial features.

"A cross?"

And with that, Rain started to fly towards the egg, me chasing after her as fast as I can.

"Hey Rain! Mind slowly down wills you!"

But it seems like she didn't hear me and continued off towards the egg. Sighing, I started to run faster just like the day I woke up late. Rain told me she liked sports but I didn't think she would be this fast when it came to running…well flying. She then suddenly stopped as soon as the egg stopped and then made her way towards me.

"Elise, I know this maybe new with you, but we need to do this for the sake of the people around us! CHARA TRANSFORM!"

And with that, a bright light was emitted from the both of us. It was bright enough to blind anyone who was nearby, but thank god it was only just us. Well that's what I thought.

Ikuto's POV

Because of a speed bump that the limo drove across along with the amount of noise that the others made when they were talking woke me from my peaceful sleep. I couldn't really go back to sleep again because once I'm awake, I'm awake, and there's no ways of getting me to sleep again. Sighing I look over to Utau and the rest smiling slightly.

"I kind of missed these guys…"

I thought to myself and started to close my eyes in hope that relaxation would come upon me.

"Hey Ikuto nii san…"

Tadase said, his head tilted towards the window facing away from mine.

"Yes?"

"Does France have firework shows during the day time?"

"No it doesn't…why?"

And without having to say a word, he points towards a local park where bright rays were emitted out.

"Can it be…?"

Yoru said looking at me and then we both proceeded to say.

"It must be a chara again…"

And with that, Yoru and I, followed by the rest of the guardians, ran to the place where the light was omitted from. Yoru was slightly ahead from where I was so I couldn't do a character change, but for some reason he stopped running and kept staring at the thing in front of him.

"It can't be nya…"

I heard Yoru whisper under his breath.

"Ikuto, that's Elise…"

Looking up at the figure in the air, I nod towards Yoru confirming his suspicions.

"I didn't think her and Rain would be able to do a character transformation yet nya…"

Neither did I. The others soon caught up to us as the light broke and showed the person underneath…Elise.

"W-who is she?"

I heard Amu say from behind me.

"That Amu is the Elise we were talking about earlier."

Amu's POV

Yoru and Ikuto suddenly ran out of the limo and into the nearby park. He seemed like he was in a large panic and this caused everyone else to curiously follow after him. Unfortunately, he and Yoru happened to be faster runners compared to us and they got to the location faster than we did.

"What's going on?"

I asked everyone who was around me; still running towards where the two have took off to.

"I don't know but I'm sure we're about to find out Amu."

Tadase replied.

"I can see them!"

Ran said as she flew slightly ahead of us where two figures stood whilst one floated in the air. The light was blinding so we couldn't see who the person. Was this person another chara holder? Or is there something really fishy going on here in France.

"Ikuto!"

I yelled running towards his form and Yoru but only to get held back by Tadase whose arms eloped around my own.

"Amu you can't! We don't know what we're going against so just wait till the light dies down!"

Tadase yelled at me but I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. Being in Tadase's arms was nice but…it would be a whole lot better if these arms were Ikuto's. I didn't feel right being here but I might as well enjoy it until that light dies down.

Elise's POV

W-what's going on…? Why is everything so bright…? Why am I…stark naked…?

"R-rain what's going on?"

"Don't worry Elise, just trust me. Take me egg into you, don't be afraid, and be brave!"

And with that, Rain disappeared in her egg and it floated towards me. Without really thinking, I reach out towards the egg and bring it towards my chest. It enters in but there was no pain or hurt as it entered.

Everything after that happened in a flash. Since her egg entered me, I felt a new feeling of overall confidence and with this; I also started to get clothing placed onto me. It wasn't long until my initial transformation was complete.

"Chara Nori: Ongaku (Music) Treble!"

Rain yelled from my head which was then emitted by me by mouth.

The light had started to die down and I finally take in some time to look at myself. I was wearing a beautiful blue dress which stopped above my knees and split open in the middle showing the black short shorts that I wore underneath. Around the middle of the dress was a black bow that contrasted beautiful with the dress. On my back was a beautifully crafted violin which seemed like the bigger version of the one Rain uses.

"Now Elise, this egg in front of you is a bad egg…they are the dreams of other people; both young and old who haven't come true because the owners heart has given up. We need to change them back to their normal form so that the person will continue to strive for what they want. Are you with me Elise?"

"I'm with you Rain."

The light from the transformation now has completely disappeared, leaving us back in the landscape of the park, the egg seeming laughing at us.

"Okay now Elise, listen to me. I want you to take my violin and start playing it. Don't worry if you don't think you can't play it because I'm right here with you okay?"

Nodding to myself, I take the violin off my back and started to play. I don't know how I did it but it all seemed to come to me naturally, most likely from Rain taking over in my head. The same melody that Rain was playing earlier on the way home was what I was playing and it seemed to be lulling the egg to sleep.

"Okay now Elise we need to finish this off!"

Rain said within my mind, her smiling face visible in my thoughts.

"Here we go! Pure music shot!"

And with that, I kind of used the violin like an arrow, my fingers aiming like it was the arrow and then I pulled back and shot. The violin let out a small twinkling like noise and a purple light shot out of the violin and striking the egg causing it to change.

The egg shell changed from its pure black form with a cross on it into an egg with a star with wings in the middle. We didn't have much time to take in its form entirely as once it finished changing, the egg shot back up towards the sky and disappeared.

*pop*

Was the sound that was omitted after I returned back to my normal form of which consisted of the clothes I wore earlier. Rain was now beside me and her smile big as she gave me a small high five.

"We did it Elise! I knew you could do it!"

"I didn't do it Rain, we did it together."

I said smiling towards her and placing her on my shoulder.

"I'm exhausted…"

"So am I…"

Closing my eyes slightly, I hoped that I would be able to relax for a bit. Doing that character transformation was quite tiring and took most of my energy out of me. I feel so unfit now just after doing that.

"RAIN CHAN! ELISE CHAN!"

Shouted an all too familiar voice from behind us.

"Yoru?"