EDITED: This chapter has been edited for mistakes. A/N: Hello everybody; to another chapter of my first story, lol! I would like to give thanks to kamikorosuXP for adding the story and reviewing it. There isn't much to say but I wanna do a teaching lesson for you guys. Why? In case you don't know how to say Tira Yuarona, lol. Tira is Tear-a. And Yuarona; U-a-ron-a or You-a-ron-a. Lol, get it?

Disclaimer: I don't own Shugo Chara!, just the OC's and their story role.

Enjoy!

Chapter 4: Baking Is Always Fun.

Did I hear him right? Did both of us hear him right? Or can't I hear him right? I'm not even a student of this school!

"A Guardian?"

I repeat and Yaya smiles at me.

"Yup!"

Yaya answers, having me to frown a little. I started thinking about it as Kiki flew over to me with a look in question while Luluu was thinking about the same thing with me.

"How can I be a Guardian when I don't go to the same school with you guys?"

I ask, getting a smirk from Kukai.

"Because we need help with more people who have Characters. And having you from another school could help us get some info on Ikuto, that cat from the other day."

Kukai answers while I stare at him. Ikuto… I don't like that guy one bit.

"Uh…"

Amu started to speak up, not sure what to say right then and there, but when we look over to her, she spoke up with a look of panic.

"No."

She said simply, so we stare at her for what felt like the longest time until-

"Why not?"

Yaya spoke up, running right into her face and catching her off guard.

"You'll have lots of privileges if you become a Guardian!"

Yaya whine, making me frown more. This is one of those times when I wasn't going to get along with Yaya. But I am wondering how she could turn down such an offer from a group of kids who can do a lot more then the rest of the students in Seiyo Elementary…

"What's wrong with joining a group that could give you power?"

Luluu ask her, getting Amu looks over until I graph Luluu away from Amu, now glaring at my dark Character.

"It's her choice so zip it you!"

I snap, seeing her frown and looks away. Amu then looks away from eye contact.

"I mean… I don't want to have to wear the royal cape… That's way…"

Amu answers, looking down. Yaya and Luluu wanted to ask, but ending up having more silence in the room until Yaya starts staring at her cape in question.

"Cape…?"

Yaya repeats while I sigh and shook my head with my frown. There's no point in fighting with a stupid idea, Amu…

"That's why…?"

Kukai ask, making her panic again.

"That's very important to me! It's totally against my fashion philosophy and sense of beauty!"

Amu burst out, making me almost laughs but Kukai couldn't hold his and started laughing out load.

"Ha, ha, ha! You're funny! You passed!"

Kukai said, still laughing but stops when Amu gave him a glare.

"I… I'm not joining!"

Amu shouted so Tadase makes a dreamily look at her.

"Hinamori… Never… Ever…?"

Tadase asks with a hint of a sad tone to his voice.

The dreamily look made Amu blush and stood up from her seat, backing away slowly from us to the front door, and looks at all of us before looking at me for help. I stare back at her with a blink look and with no help at all given to her, she ran right out of the building in a panic.

"I… I'm sorry!"

Amu shouted out, now leaving our view as the front door closes.

"She ran away."

Nadeshiko whispers and they then turn to me.

"Are you going to say no too?"

She asks and I raise an eyebrow before answering her question.

"I'll think about it. I'd better get going though, thank you for having me here."

I answer, standing up as Kiki and Luluu follow me to the door when Nadeshiko runs over to me and I look over to her in question.

"I'll walk home with you."

She said and before I could say no, she already open the door and hold it from the outside as I look back over in question to the others for an answer but they only shrug their shoulders and wave goodbye to me. I sigh and then walk out and started heading home with Nadeshiko besides me.

"So what's the real reason you wanted to walk home with me?"

I ask her, as she and Temari smiles back at me.

"It seems I can't get away with just a walk, huh? Will I want to ask you for your help."

She answers getting me to raise an eyebrow again.

"And that is…?"

I ask, waiting for her to answer.

"Tadase's birthday is in two days and I thought you would like to help me with baking some goodies. You are good at that, of course. So I-!"

I cut her off.

"So you thought you could use me to help you bake?"

I ask and she nods her head yes in reply.

"It's more like help Amu bake instead of you helping me."

She answers and it made me stare at her in thought before speaking again.

"Amu likes Tadase? I didn't notice that…"

I ask out loud and it made Nadeshiko giggle.

"I knew it from when Amu was first blushing, Tira. I bet Luluu notice it too, right Luluu?"

Kiki ask her dark sister, who wasn't listen and was staring at the sky. Kiki frowns while I made a small smile about this plan for Amu.

"Alright, I'll help. What time and place?"

I ask as Nadeshiko smiles wider.

"Meet me in front of Seiyo Elementary at one o'clock tomorrow. Just bring yourself in a cooking outfit if you have one. Will I better get going now bye, Yuarona!"

With that said, she and Temari went… back the way we came from. I guess her home is in another part of town. While watching her walk away from me and my Characters, I couldn't help but notice a black spot on the back of her skirt and made a face. Did she even notice the black spot? Just then Luluu spoke up to me.

"Are you really going to waste your time baking when you should try to make others fear you?"

Luluu asks, getting me and Kiki to look over to her.

"Why do I need them to fear me? Not all of them are bad."

I answer, making a point with Kiki agreeing. Luluu on the other hand, frown at my answer.

"Come on, Luluu! Live a little and have some fun!"

Kiki cheered but Luluu looks away, making her good sister frown now.

"Come on, let's head to a card store and buy Tadase a birth day card."

I said and Kiki smiles, agreeing while Luluu shrugs her shoulders and follows us.

The Next Day…

I was bringing my school bag with me, since it's going to be all about cooking, I thought I'd bring some cook books Mr. Tory gave me when I first started working at the bake shop.

"Are you going to teach Amu how to bake all kinds of things?"

Kiki ask as Luluu listens. I nod my head at her with a small smile.

"I hope this doesn't turn out to be a drag though."

I said, frowning at the thought. I soon enter the school grounds and found Amu and Nadeshiko waiting for me in the front of the school with their Characters.

"Good afternoon, Tira. Glad you made it on time."

Nadeshiko greeted as I smile at her while Amu stares at me.

"We were waiting for you the whole time?"

Amu asks so I raise an eyebrow at her.

"Problem?"

I ask, feeling a dislike from her until she frowns at my question but shook her head no for her answer.

"No, I just thought you wouldn't want to help is all."

Amu answers and it made me frown back at her.

"Will now that were all here, we better start heading inside."

Nadeshiko spoke up and we started following her to a cooking class room. Once inside, Amu and Nadeshiko started putting on their apron as I started taking out the cook books when Amu was staring at the room with a frown.

"This is the Home Ec room at school… We can't come in here without permission."

Amu said, making me look over to Nadeshiko with a questioning look. But she only smiles at us.

"It's all right. I'm a Guardian."

She answers simply, getting me to sigh in relief while putting my own apron on.

"Let's get started. Tira will help us; by making a fruit tart."

Nadeshiko starts as I watch her take one of my cook books and started looking for the things we need to make the fruit tart.

"She sure is bossy…"

I heard Miki said, causing Kiki to giggle as Luluu rolls her eyes.

"Ah, here we go. First we need to cream the better…"

Nadeshiko started so we got to work. I gotta say so far this is fun! We did a lot of things and even mess up a few times but soon made the tart and put it in the oven. While all this baking, Miki was drawing a picture of the finished tart, having Ran and Kiki watch her draw as Luluu was watching us making the tart before putting it into the oven. Heck, even Temari help by setting the right heat for baking. After all the hard work, it was done and Amu took it out of the oven with a smile.

"It's done!"

Amu calls out and we all came over to her and look to see that the tart is indeed done and smile at her.

"Look's perfect, Amu."

I commented, getting a smile from her as Nadeshiko nods her head in agreeing.

"It looks good. Let's make the filling while it cools off."

Nadeshiko said, starting to walk off into the huge near by closet.

"Eh… Where are you going?"

Amu asks as she places the hot tart on a counter near by.

"To get some fruit for decoration."

Nadeshiko answers and left the room while I start making the whip cream.

"She seems nice, Amu."

I heard Ran said, smiling.

"You two can be good friends."

Miki added as Amu smile wide again.

"Maybe…"

Amu said back to her Characters and I frown a little but didn't show it to them.

"Tira is very nice too!"

Ran said, looking at me, so I stop making the whip cream and stare at them.

"Yeah! At first she was cold hearted but now she's really nice, once to get to know her!"

Miki added, agreeing and I smile warmly at them and went back to work. Soon after wards, I let Amu mix the rest of the things in the bowl I was using and left to go find Nadeshiko, who was taking her sweet time. After finding her I soon drag her back with the fruits she pick out and when I open the Cooking home room door for her, we both found our self's staring at Ikuto in the room, who is on top of Amu… Wait… Huh! Just then Nadeshiko put the fruits down and ran over to the two with me behind her.

"That's enough, thief cat!"

Nadeshiko calls out, getting the two to look over to her in shock.

"You came here just as I expected! Amu, are you all right?"

She ask as Ikuto stood up, leaving a blushing Amu on the floor.

"Y-yeah!"

Amu answers as I run over and graph Amu away from Ikuto and Nadeshiko as we watch from behind a set of counters.

"Temari, Character Change!"

She orders, having her Character wink at the order.

"Chin… Ton… Shan… Character Change!"

Temari calls out and a hair pin of Tamari's flowers appears on Nadeshiko's pony tail as well as a long metal spear appears in her hands… Wait, what?

"Hayaaa!"

Was her battle cry as she had the look of a killer and almost hit Ikuto, making us jump and scream in surprised. This can't be the Nadeshiko we know!

"I'll slice you into pieces! You'll never swallow again!"

Nadeshiko said with a twisted mess up smirk I've ever seen, making me gulp as my Characters hid behind me in terror. I can't believe Temari is this kind of Character!

"Note to self... Never piss off Nadeshiko!"

I thought to myself in fear. Just then she attacks him again but Ikuto jumps out of the way and his back hit Amu's tart on the counter and it almost fell to the ground when I caught it but only to scream in pain when Ikuto places his foot right onto my hands and the tart itself, causing it to break but luckily not my hands.

"Tira!"

Amu, her Characters and mine all call out before they notice the broken tart and Amu gasps before frowning deeply.

"Amu! We need to Character Change, too!"

Ran cried as Miki starts panicking with Kiki.

"What do we do? What do we do?"

"Tira, we have to stop him. He's the enemy!"

Luluu shouted, after Ikuto notice that he step on my hands, he jumps out of the way from me and another attack by Nadeshiko. I held my hands, trying not to cry in pain until I notice the tart on the floor and frown deeply.

"All that hard work we did…"

I whisper without anyone having to hear me but Luluu who was frowning as well. Just then a green Egg pop out of Amu's bag, hatching, and flew over to her with a cheerful smile.

"Don't worry…! Don't worry…! Leave it to Su! I'll settle it crisply and fluffily!"

Said a cooking like Character, getting everyone but Ikuto, Nadeshiko, and Temari to notice. Su had green eyes, blonde hair, and white skin. Her outfit look like an old wife's cooking and cleaning outfit that is green and a white green apron on it. On her head is a white green bandana with a green clover on it. On her feet were green slippers with laces tied around her feet.

"Amu has three Characters now… How many is she given birth too?"

I thought to myself as the two fighters stop and notice Su who somehow took out a whisk and Amu's anime X hair pin change into a green clover hair pin as the bowl that I gave Amu grew large and so did the human size whisk she was using!

"Chip! Syrup! Whip!"

Su calls out as Amu started whisking the bowl of whip cream… Till the bowl fell down and made a flood of whip cream and took us for a ride until the only exit door…

"What the hell?"

I shout out as Kiki somehow gets her head stick in the whip cream while Luluu was trying to get her out of it.

"That was close!"

I heard Su comment as Kiki's head was pull out of the whip cream, thanks to Luluu of course.

"What is this crazy Character doing!"

Amu snaps, having her anime X's hair pins back as the door to the cooking room couldn't take much more weight and burst open, taking me, Amu, our Characters and Ikuto out of the room.

"Oof!"

"Ow!"

I and Amu cried as we land hard on the floor, only to be shadow by someone in front of us, getting me to look up and gasps.

"I… I'm still alive…"

I heard Amu said as she too looks up and saw the person in front of us. The person in front of us was a teenage girl with long blonde hair, tied into long pink tails with the most beautiful eyes we've ever seen and she was… Wearing the same school uniform I have! She only gave us both a glare but she seemed to glare at me the most, making me raise an eyebrow as she then looks over to Ikuto, who was sitting on the whip cream, staring back at her.

"Ikuto! Why are you messing around?"

The girl asks, making him frown a little.

"Utau…"

Ikuto said, and we stare at him. Utau only frown and continue.

"Her third Egg wasn't the Embryo after all, was it? You don't need to be here anymore. Let's go."

Utau snaps, making us wonder what the Embryo is.

"You're talking about an Embryo again…"

Amu whispers, having Utau hear this and look over to her with a death glare, making her flinch.

"Don't pretend you don't know! I know you want the Embryo, too! Too bad, though. We're going to find it first. And I'll grant Ikuto's wish-!"

Utau said, only to get cut off from continuing when Ikuto stood up and walk over to her.

"You've said too much."

He said, getting her to stop and stares at him.

"Ikuto…"

"Let's go."

He orders and they start leaving, as Kiki and Ran notice what Nadeshiko was doing with her Character.

"Amu! Tira! Look! Your tart is smashed to bits…"

Ran call out, getting us to look over to where they were pointing and frown deeply. Right in front of us was the broken tart while Nadeshiko and her Character, were picking up the pieces.

"Oh… This is awful…"

She whispers as we walk over to her.

"You worked so hard…"

Miki added as Amu silently watches Nadeshiko and Terumi pick up the pieces. I was about to say something when I heard Amu start to sob and it made me look over to her and felt like my heart broke in two when tears started to build in her eyes.

"Oh well… It's too hard for me to start all over. I'm not that kind of Character. I'm not going to embarrass myself by giving him this awful pasty."

Amu said, now having tears roll down her cheeks. I then place my hand on her shoulder but flinch when I felt my hands starting to burn from Ikuto stepping on them and held my hands together.

"Shall we try again, Amu?"

Nadeshiko ask, standing up with the pieces of the tart in her hands as Amu use her arm to wipe the tears away but it didn't stop her from crying.

"No, that's okay. I don't have the time or the ingredients."

Amu answers as I notice Ikuto was watching us with a blank stare from the almost close door, making me glare hatefully at him. I can't forgive him for this. I hope I never see him or that Utau girl ever again!

"Ikuto, let's go."

Utau snaps at him and they both left.

"It's gonna be okay, Amu."

Su started, getting all of us to look over to her in question.

"There's still enough dough left. You can't make another tart. But I can make a different pasty! Character Change!"

Su calls as Amu's clover hair pin came back and with the help of her Character Change, we were able to make awesome looking cookies.

"You did it!"

Nadeshiko cheer as Amu took the cookies out of the oven and I smile, taking out a round small box and hand it to Amu, once she place the cookies on the counter to cool off.

"Thanks."

Amu said with a smile as I nod my head in return.

"Alright, tomorrow is the day we send our gifts to Tadase at his house at one o'clock. Let's meet at the mall before then. Sound good with you two?"

Nadeshiko ask and we nod our heads at her and she smile wider.

"Good. I'll be seeing you tomorrow then, bye!"

She said and soon head out the door as we started getting ready ourselves and soon left the school grounds and head home.

A/N: I'm guessing this is what you call a cliff hanger? I know what it means. Lol, come back on Friday and read the next chapter. Bye.