Author's Note

I officially have my first fan. Yay! So, I will continue with Chapter Three. Special thanks to Anomanes for being my first reviewer and fan. Virtual cookies to you, my friend. Virtual cookies to you.

Fare warning: there is a VOCALOID reference in this chapter. I will explain it in my second author's note. I also slightly insult the English language, but it is not my opinion, merely my OC's opinion.

Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara!, VOCALOID, or Phineas and Ferb. I do, however, own the plot and my OCs.

Chapter Three

The Targets - Winter

Sasuke lead Winter to her new room upstairs. He spoke in Japanese, which was his native language as well. "I already brought all of your luggage up here," he said as he reached the top of the stairs and turned to the first door on the left. He opened it with a flourish, revealing the room to Winter.

Winter gasped. Sakuras, cherry blossoms, were painted everywhere. They were on the walls and on the ceiling. She had never seen anything like it.

"Senbonzakura," she murmured.

Sasuke smiled. "Senbonzakura. A thousand cherry blossoms indeed." Then he walked out, leaving Winter alone in her new room.

Winter darted to her new bed and snatched up the satchel that was laying on it. She opened it and looked inside. Much to her relief, three elaborately decorated eggs were carefully nestled inside.

"Thank the stars," Winter sighed in Japanese. She pulled one of the eggs out of the satchel. It was bright orange and covered in little black swirls. Winter cupped it in her hands, and it cracked open. A Guardian Character with the ears and tail of a fox and a ninja headband leapt out.

"Konichiwa, Naru," Winter greeted the Guardian Character.

Naru stared at Winter with her beady black eyes. "Have you met the two boys yet?" she asked in Japanese.

"Yes," Winter answered.

"And?"

"And I think the redhead might be the one."

Less than five minutes later, Winter was back outside with Phineas and Ferb. Naru hovered over her shoulder, completely invisible to the stepbrothers. The satchel with the other two eggs was slung over Winter's head and shoulder.

"I can see why you think that one of these two boys could be the Embryo carrier," Naru said. "But I don not see why you think that it is the redhead. They are both equally talented."

Winter didn't reply. The boys might not be able to hear Naru speaking, but they would definitely be able to hear her. Instead, Winter pulled out the small pad of paper and pencil that she always kept with her and scribbled her answer in Japanese.

The redhead is much more outgoing. He does all the talking.

"So?" Naru asked. "You have met plenty of people in Japan that are silent but much more exceptional than outgoing, talkative people."

I just have a feeling about this one. Wait and see.

"I trust you, Touki-chan. The Easter Company had better feel lucky that they have you. You are way better at this then your cousin Amu would be."

Their conversation was brought to an end as a dark haired girl swung open the gate and said, "Whatcha doin'?"

Winter was exceedingly confused by this. She could not figure out what the girl had just said. She guessed that it was slang of some sort.

Stupid Americans! Why can they not just speak normally? Why must they insist on changing the meanings of words or shortening and smashing them together?

"Hi, Isabella," Phineas called. "We haven't really decided what we're going to do today. We've been too busy meeting the Dawsons' new girl."

"Another one?" Isabella asked.

"What mean you by 'another one'?" Winter asked.

"You're the third or fourth kid that the Dawsons have adopted," Phineas explained. "There was at least one before Sasuke, and there might have been another one, but I don't remember. I was little."

"Anyway, Isabella, meet Winter Hinamori, the newest addition to the Dawson family. Winter, meet Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, the girl that lives across the street."

"Hi, Winter," Isabella greeted her.

"Konichiwa, Isabella-san," Winter replied. "I hope that one day I will call you Isabella-chan."

"What?" Isabella asked, apparently confused.

Winter blinked. "Do not you use honorifics in this country?"

"San is an honorific that the Japanese use for everyday acquaintances," Ferb explained. "Chan is an honorific used for close friends that are girls."

"Oh. Okay," Isabella said in a chipper voice.

This girl has pep, Winter thought. If neither of these boys has the Embryo, I may have to try her next.

Author's Note

So, about the VOCALOID reference.

Senbonzakura is a song sung by the VOCALOID Hatsune Miku. It was written by KuroUsa-P, and the title basically translates into 'Thousand Sakura Trees', 'Thousand Sakuras', 'Thousand Cherry Trees', or 'Thousand Cherry Blossoms'. No one is really sure which.

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