Me: I'm finally publishing chapter 6! Sorry for the delay, my computer got a virus so I couldn't finish the chapter until now.

Amu: AND she read the reviews and agrees, I am too mean in this story

Me: Exactly, so I promise I'll make Amu nicer, I guess I added too much 'Cool & Spicy'

Amu: Without further interuption here is chapter 6!

Me: P.S I don't own Yumeiro Patissiere or Shugo Chara

Yumeiro Chara Doki-Doki!

Chapter 6: Lulu's Plot Thickens

Ichigo returned back from the storage room with covertures for milk chocolate. Wordlessly Kashino took them from her and chopped it up. "Heat up the pot," He said shortly, "remember the degree limit."

"Y-yes..." Ichigo turned on the gas burner. Kashino waited for a minute and then put in the covertures. After the chocolate had heated (correctly, of course) Kashino began to temper the chocolate.

Suddenly he looked up at Ichigo, "Take over." He handed her the tools and went to wash the pot. Ichigo began to temper the chocolate, every few seconds she glanced at Kashino, "Amano! Tighten your grip on the tools, you're getting sluggish." He snapped irritably.

"Sorry!" Ichigo replied, instantly tightening her grip on the tools. She began to temper feverishly, "You're going to fast! It won't come out smooth!" She slowed down, "You're going too slow! The chocolate will burn!" Ichigo dropped the tools in frustration.

"What is wrong with you today!" She yelled, "Nothing I do is good enough today!" Kashino took a step back in shock. His chest tightened, she was right. He was being different today... It wasn't fair to Ichigo...

Kashino fell onto his knees, "You're right..." He put his hands over his ears, "N-nothing is going right these days..." Oh no! No... Kashino could feel tears, this isn't right! I shouldn't be crying! I don't cry... I don't!

"K-Kashino..." Ichigo had tears in her eyes too. She shut off the heat, and went to him. She knelt down and hugged him tight, "It is okay..."

"But it is not!" Kashino hiccupped, "It is NOT!" Hot tears threatened to fall but Kashino blinked them away.

Ichigo grabbed both sides of his head, "Listen to me Kashino!" Her face was serious, "I've seen the tears in your eyes, all the time! W-why do you blink them away?"

"I don't cry! I'm not the kind of person who cries!"

"BAKA! Does that really matter?" She shook her head, "I hate it when people always hide their true feelings! Don't keep your emotions bottled up, just cry..." Ichigo hesitated before adding, "I'm... I'm here for you."

"A-Amano..." Kashino felt more tears and he freely let them fall, no resistance. "It's so horrible!" He cried out loud, "My life feels so out of order; first my parents always bothered me about coming to this school... Now even my older sister! Then the whole thing about character transformation... When I saw you and Amu look so happy I just wished I could be like you guys! Then Chocolat got sick... There's so much pressure in my life! It's too much! I can't handle it anymore!" Then the tears over took him and he couldn't speak.

"Kashino..." Ichigo's eyes were glazed with tears, she hugged him tightly, "It's okay... We'll fix it..."

"We?" Kashino asked quietly.

"Yes," Ichigo smiled, "I said I would be here for you."

Kashino rubbed at his eyes, "Thank you, Amano"

Ichigo smiled her infamous smile, "Come on, now can we work with the praline cream?"

Kashino sighed and nodded, "Let's do that."

Doki! ~

Vanilla waited anxiously in the waiting room of the doctor's office, she subconsciously played with her short blonde curls. "Is there someone named Vanilla here?" A spirit nurse looked around.

"I'm Vanilla," the blonde spirit raised her hand.

"The doctor is finished with Chocolat's examination."

"Ah, okay," Vanilla got up, "can I see her?"

"Yes," The nurse nodded her head and walked back somewhere deep into the office.

Vanilla walked into examination room 3, Chocolat lay on the bed giggling, "D-doctor?" Vanilla was looking at Chocolat. "Why is she like that?"

"She's on a drug I used during examination," the doctor pushed up his round glasses.

"Vanilla looks ooooooorrrrrange doctor... Is she okay?"

The doctor cleared his throat, "She's fine Chocolat..." He directed his attention to Vanilla, "She'll be like this for a few hours, I've checked over her thoroughly, nothing seems out of order, at least physically."

"But why was she so sick?"

"I'm not sure, just make sure she keeps eating properly and drinking enough water, if you have any more concerns, contact me."

"Yes doctor..."

"Vanilla," Chocolat swooned, "did you know caramel is sticky when heated?"

"... No I didn't, thanks for the information..."

"No problem!" Chocolat babbled, smacking her lips on the M.

Vanilla giggled nervously, "Good-bye doctor," she grabbed Chocolat by the wrist.

"I want bubblegum!" Chocolat giggled.

Doki! ~

"Okay Kashino, what do you think of when I say 'Chocolat'?" Ichigo asked him.

"'Chocolat' is chocolate in French."

"... I meant Chocolat, like your sweets spirit."

Kashino thought, Chocolat is a bossy person, but when I think about it, Chocolat knows a lot more than I do and she... Suddenly Lulu's necklace flashed and his thought was forgotten, erased.

"I can't think of anything..."

"There has got to be something..."

"Chocolat is..." A red aura seemed to be released from the necklace and seep through Kashino's skin into his heart. "Chocolat is..."

Doki! ~

Vanilla and Chocolat sat on the train in the sweets kingdom that would take them back to St. Marie. Chocolat had just returned back to her normal state of mind. Suddenly a sharp pain ran through her. "Ow!" She gasped, gripping at her chest.

"What's wrong Chocolat?" Vanilla asked.

"It's... Nothing, don't worry about it."

Vanilla cocked her head to one side, "If you say so."

Chocolat slowly exhaled, "I am fine..." She whispered to herself.

Doki! ~

"Chocolat is..." Kashino's words hung in the air, "I don't know..."

"Kashino..." Ichigo felt worried, it was like he was radiating a deep red aura.

The oven near them lit up and Chocolat and Vanilla flew out of the oven. "Hello Ichigo!" Vanilla waved happily, "We're back from the sweets kingdom!"

"How was the examination?" Kashino asked.

"Chocolat is all good, nothing bad." Kashino breathed a sigh of relief.

Ichigo glanced back at Kashino, the deep red aura she no longer saw. Even so, she felt like its presence still hung in the air. It was probably all in her head. Satisfied with her answer Ichigo smiled and began to listen to Vanilla's story about the doctor's office.

Doki! ~

Amu and her Shugo Chara were walking around the school campus, "I wonder what's going on with Ichigo and Kashino." She sighed heavily, "We haven't seen them in days."

"I know what you mean," Miki replied, though she didn't look up from her drawing of the building she was drawing.

"Amu," Dia faced her bearer, "I feel something is wrong."

"Do you?" Amu replied, "About what?"

"I'm not sure..." Dia paused, thinking, "But I have a bad feeling about it."

Amu sighed and pushed her pink bangs away from her face, "It'll reveal itself in time."

She walked away, towards the pretty lake she had discovered days ago. From behind a tree Lulu watched her. "I won't lose to you this time, Hinamori Amu."

Doki! ~

Lulu walked deeper and deeper into the cluster of trees, until she found him. He was sitting under a tall oak tree. She cleared her throat and he turned to face her. "What?"

"The plan has begun, the magic necklace is working."

The boy smirked, "Who's your victim this time?"

"A boy with a sweets spirit, his name is Kashino Makoto." She still seemed as though she was not telling him everything.

"Why do you look so worried then, if your plan is working?"

"Hinamori Amu is in this area, I'm afraid she's going to find out. When she does, she'll stop me again."

"So, what're you going to do about it?"

"That's why I brought you along; your part of the plan is to keep Hinamori Amu from figuring out the plan. Do everything you can, I don't care."

"... Understood," He got up and was beginning to walk away.

"Don't fail this time," Lulu said, an evil smile spreading across her face, "Don't fail me, Tsukiyomi Ikuto."

Me: Hahaha Suspense!

Ichigo: That's so mean ^.^"

Me: But it makes everyone read!

Ichigo: So you're saying it's tactics?

Me: Yup! BTW I'm pretty sure there's alot of OOC in this chapter, sorry if it was too much off... Please review!