Hi again! I tried writing a lot but I've been busy...sadly.

I know I promised a longer chapter...so here it is. I know it's not a lot longer, sorry.

I don't own Shugo Chara or any of the rights...etc

Thanks for reading!

Oh side note: Amu, Tadase, Nagihiko, and Rima are in 8th grade (I'm using American/Canadian grades)- 13 years old. Kukai is 14 (first year of high school). Yaya is 11- almost 12 (7th grade) Utau is 16 (2nd year of high school), Ikuto is 19 (last year of high school- I know he's a year older but let's say he failed a year or something)

Chapter 3

Rima POV

Nagihiko was sitting at a small square table with two chairs on one side and one chair on the other side. Amu plopped down on the single chair across from Nagihiko while she motioned me to sit.

"Amu! I want to sit there!" I exclaimed.

"Sorry Rima, I got here first, just sit next to Nagi." she replied. I stood there waiting for her to finally get up. She wouldn't budge. Nagihiko sweatdropped. Amu would usually exchange seats with me but oddly, today she wouldn't.

"Oh for heaven's sake just sit already!" exclaimed Amu while pushing me right next to Nagihiko. I let a out a small squeal as I lightly collided with Nagihiko. I felt my face warm up a bit as I straightened myself up.

"There. Problem solved." Amu declared with a smile.

"Rima-chan, are you okay?" questioned an amused Nagihiko. I gave him a glare and ignored his question while I scooted my chair further away from him. Nagihiko just sighed and took a bit out of his blueberry sundae, smiling at Amu. All the charas were under the table talking while Rhythm flirted with the girls. I heard KusuKusu laughing at Rhythm's jokes, which were utterly terrible, an offence to comedy. I almost went down there to chara change, but stopped myself, not wanting people to think I was some freak.

"So Nagi, how is Nadeshiko doing? When will she come back?" asked Amu excitedly. Nagihiko sweatdropped and laughed nervously. I smirked, Amu is so dense. I guess it still wasn't clear enough for her.

"Umm, well Nadeshiko's still studying dance in Europe. She's doing fine though." lied Nagihiko.

"Oh, well I hope she's doing well!" replied Amu.

"Aww I was hoping we could see you and her together! You look so alike!" I exclaimed sweetly, giving an innocent smile to Nagihiko.

"Heh heh...M-maybe when Nadeshiko comes back." laughed the uncomfortable purple head. We all finished our ice creams and said goodbye, well Amu said goodbye, I didn't need to.

The next day...

I woke up to the sound of KusuKusu giggling as she flipped through the pages of my newest gag comic.

"Teehee! That was a good one!" giggled KusuKusu.

"What time is it?" I groaned, sitting up in bed.

"Oh morning Rima! It's Saturday so you can sleep in." replied KusuKusu, not budging from her spot.

"Hmm, thanks." as I flopped back into bed. Right when I was about to fall back asleep, I heard the text ringtone.

"Ugh, KusuKusu can you bring me my phone?" I asked.

"Teehee! Wait! I'm almost done the best part!" she replied.

"Where's a servant when you need them?" I grumbled. I got out of my bed and walked to my desk where my pink/purple phones lies. I checked the text messages. 3 new texts from Utau. It said:

Utau: morning Rima

so today I don't have work so I'm inviting the guardians to my new beach house for today and tomorrow

Ikuto and I are driving so meet us at the royal garden place at 11- don't be late

I glanced at the time on my phone. 10:30AM.

"Shoot!" I exclaimed while rushing to the washroom. Utau invited us to her new beach houses or mansions quite often. Now that we've all become friends, we would be invited at least once a month to different places.

"What's wrong Rima?" asked KusuKusu, finally floating up from the gag comic.

"Utau. Beach house. Thirty minutes." I said while brushing my teeth.

"Oh yay! I'll get your swimsuit Rima." KusuKusu declared happily. I spit in the sink.

"It's May...Isn't a little early for swimsuits?" I asked uncertainly.

"I'll bring it anyways!" replied KusuKusu as she stuffed my one-piece purple swimsuit into my travel backpack. I took a comb and tried to run through my hair. It stayed as a mess as usual.

"15 more minutes!" exclaimed KusuKusu. I put on a pair of purple knee-length tights, a light blue dress, sandals, and my sunglasses. I shoved some money, sunscreen, extra clothes, a towel, flip-flops, a few gag comics, my keys, a lip balm and a bottle of water into my backpack.

"KusuKusu, let's go!" I exclaimed, putting a straw hat on. I ran downstairs with KusuKusu following me slowly, fixing her hat. I wrote a quick note to my parents who were at work, telling them I'd be at Utau's house. They wouldn't care since they know Utau has a ton of bodyguards, even if they probably won't be at the beach house with us. I locked the door and jogged slowly to the Royal Garden. I arrived panting at the door.

"There you are Rima, we've been waiting." scolded Utau. She was wearing a blue off the shoulder top and white shorts.

"Sorry, not my fault it was last-minute." I replied.

"Whatever chibi. Let's go." responded Utau.

"Oh Kiddy King said he couldn't come because he's at his uncles'." declared Ikuto appearing next to Amu.

"Uh huh. Okay so since I don't want stupid bodyguards stalking us, Ikuto and I will drive. We have 2 vans so we separated everyone into two groups." explained Utau while pulling out a list.

"Anyways, it'll take around 3 hours to get there so have fun with whoever you're stuck with. With Ikuto it'll be Amu, Rima, and Nagihiko. And with me it'll be Kukai and Yaya." declared Utau.

"Yay! Yaya's with Utau-chi!" screamed Yaya excitedly. She has way too much energy, I thought.

"Come on Rima, we're off to Ikuto's van with Nagi." said Amu happily.

"Wait what? THE PURPLE HEAD IS COMING?" I exclaimed.

"Uh duh, he's a guardian too you know. And he's in Ikuto's 'group' with us." replied Amu calmly. I was about to glare at Nagihiko when I decided to act innocent with Amu.

"Amu-chan! Wanna sit next to me in the van?" I asked in a cute voice while clinging on to Amu's arm. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Nagihiko sweatdrop. I turned around quickly and stuck my tongue out. Success.

"S-sure Rima!" Amu replied. I dragged her into Ikuto's car quickly, leaving the cross dresser behind.

"Okay let's go!" cried Utau as she started the engine of her van and drove off.

"Hey Amu, chibi and Nagihiko. Get on." greeted Ikuto. Today instead of his usual black outfit, he had a dark blue sports jacket and white shorts. We all climbed into his van. Amu and I sat in the middle row while Nagihiko sat in the front with Ikuto.

"Amu, wanna come sit on my lap?" asked Ikuto slyly, with a smirk on his face. Amu's face turned red as she stuttered

"N-no, w-why would I do that?"

"Fine, your loss." he replied smiling. Ikuto started driving down the road, catching up to Utau. Nagihiko fell asleep and Amu pulled out her mp3 player. The charas were pretty quiet today, I noticed, until I saw Yoru munching on catnip. Never mind, they're back to normal. I turned around and saw KusuKusu, Rhythm and Amu's guardians were in the back talking and playing around quietly with the mini deck of cards Amu made. I took out a few of my gag comics and started reading. This is going to be a long ride, I thought.

Thank you for reading! Please let me know how it is~!

=) Kelly