A/N: So no one read my note from the last chapter? Me sad because of it… I guess I should've post a poll of what I ask in the last chapter so I'll smile! *smiles* Now, I wanna give a thanks to kamikorosu for another awesome review, thanks kamikorosu! And also I want to give thanks to shinigamigymnast13 for adding the story to his or her's favorite list.

Disclaimer: I don't own Shugo Chara!, only the OC's and their roles.

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Chapter 9: Broken Dreams.

"What? You get to go to the TV studio and see a live recording of music pop?"

Amu asks, after taking a sip of her tea. It has been a few days since Yuki move to the United States and from what I heard, she has already made some friends and is speaking English very well, thanks to yours truly.

"Yup! I sent in lots of postcards and was finally chosen!"

Yaya answers, taking out three tickets from her school bag.

"I'm going after school with Nadeshiko. I have one ticket left, so do you want to go, too?"

Yaya ask Amu, as I frown, looking away.

"Huh? I can go, too?"

"Of course!"

She answers, as Nadeshiko smiles.

"Yaya going to see P-TUNE."

"Oh, I'm so over them! I'm a fan of Sho from DARTS now!"

"You have many crushes."

Nadeshiko commented, as Kukai just enters the building.

"I, on the other hand, stay devoted to the prince of enka, Masashi Kagawa."

She said as Kukai raise an eyebrow and walks over to the two.

"What are you girls talking about?"

He asks, only to frown when Yaya glares at him.

"Go away. This is girl talk. Right Amu? Right Tira?"

"Uh… Yeah!"

"…"

I didn't answer, since I wasn't invited to tag along.

"Tira?"

Yaya ask, having me not answer and still looking away. But sadly, Nadeshiko saw the act I was playing.

"Tira, if you want I could let you take my place instead."

Nadeshiko said with a smile, having me to look at her in surprised.

"No! You're going! I wasn't invited in the first place."

I reminded them, only to have the others frown.

"Besides… I'm not into crowds and such."

I said, packing my stuff and standing up.

"So you're shy?"

Kukai ask, smirking, while I blush at him again.

"No! And besides I have work to do tomorrow. So seeya..."

I said and left, ignoring the calls from Amu and the others as my Characters frown in sadness. When I got to work, Mr. Tory was very happy for some reason and it made me wonder what, so when I ask him; his smile grew wider.

"Guess what! We're taking the day off tomorrow because I got three tickets to the TV studio with live recording at down town! We're going to see music pop!"

Oh great… Turns out Yaya wasn't the only one who won as well.

The Next Day.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Stop sleeping in my bed with your boots on!"

I snap at Ikuto, who have his boots and clothes on, in my bed, again! It was the next day and on a weekend too. Meaning it was the day I'm going to the music pop thing.

"Oh, so you like it when I sleep with you?"

Ikuto asks, smirking but only to have me to slap him and this time, get him on the head.

"Pervert! Enough with the thoughts!"

"Ow! Enough with the hitting!"

"Jeez, you two are like an old marry couple."

Kiki butted in, having us look over to her, blushing.

"I agree, nya!"

Yoru added, smiling, while Luluu rolls hers eyes.

"You're not helping!"

I snap, having Kiki smirk and flew away to the living room, with Yoru and Luluu following. Before I could say anything else, they came back with looks in question.

"Tira, you got a packet at the mail slot."

Kiki said, having me to raise an eyebrow and walk over to the living room, to the front door and took out a brown small box.

"What's this?"

"Open it, nya!"

"Shut up!"

I snap at Yoru, as Ikuto walks over behind me to see what it is. I look around the box, till I turn it over and found who sent it me.

"Easter? Who the heck is 'Easter'?"

I ask, not knowing that Ikuto and Yoru was eye widen in surprised. I soon open the box and look inside it. All there was is a letter and papers. I took the letter and open it. It was a short note inside it.

"Dear, Yuarona, Tira.

We at Easter, wish to inform you that we wish to have you working for us to help the world of music and live shows. If you agree to join then sign all contacts that are in the box and send it by mail or by person and we will get back with you as soon as we can. To put an added agreement if you chose to work with us, we will have a ten year payment of your own house or apartment near by our working grounds. Therefore, a payment of working for us and us paying for your home rent.

Thank you for reading.

Easter."

"….The hell?"

"Language!"

"Zip it, Kiki!"

I snap, turning around to found Ikuto and Yoru gone.

"Ikuto? Yuri? Where you guys go?"

I ask out loud, having no one to reply back to it.

"They left without a goodbye… Jerks!"

I shouted out the last part and soon went to get dress for today. When I met up with Mr. Tory at the bake shop, someone else was with him, and she was beautiful.

"Morning, Tira. You made it. I want you to meet someone, her name is Yumi."

Mr. Tory said, having her to smile and greet me as I did the same. Yumi had light brown hair and golden brown eyes with white skin. Her outfit was a light red sweat shirt with long selves. Grey skirt and white socks with shoes. Her hair went down to her shoulders.

"Ready, everyone?"

Mr. Tory asks, having us nod our heads and soon we made it to down town and head right over to the music pop thing. When we got there, I somehow lost Mr. Tory and Yumi so now I was looking around until I bump into Amu.

"Ow! Huh? Tira?"

Amu asks, staring at me in surprise. I only sigh and did a small wave.

"What are you doing here?"

"I… Was invited by my boss and a friend of his."

I answer, looking away as Amu smiles at me.

"Good to know, yesterday we all thought you were mad at us."

Oh yes, yes I was.

"But it turns out that you were going anyways. Man I feel better now."

She feels better? They really care that much for me?

"Oh…"

"Yeah… So wow, there are a lot of people here!"

"I guess… Too many if you ask me."

"Yeah, heh… Um where are Yaya and Nadeshiko?"

Amu asks, looking around as I did the same. Where did they-!

"Hey, Amu! Oh, hey, Tira!"

Yaya voice calls out, as we look over to see that Amu's teacher was with her and Nadeshiko, who weren't smiling at this meeting.

"Huh? Nikaidou?"

"Hello, hello."

Nikaidou greeted, smiling at me when he notice and we wave at each other. When Yaya and Nadeshiko went over to our side, Amu was whispering with rage in her voice.

"Hey, why is he here, too!"

"Uh… We bumped into him."

"I guess he applied for this, too"

I heard them say as Mr. Tory and Yumi found me, walking over to us, as the others were still whispering.

"Tira, there you are. We were looking for you!"

Mr. Tory said as I sigh.

"Sorry."

"Oh, so you where with your mother and father."

Nikaidou spoke up to me and my boss, as Yumi blushes at the thought.

"Oh no! They aren't my family!"

"No! I'm her boss and Yumi is just a friend!"

I and Mr. Tory said in a panic, having the teacher laugh a little.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

"It's okay…"

I reply as Nikaidou thought of an idea.

"How bout we all go see the show."

"Huh!"

"Um…"

"Come on, it's going to be great!"

Nikaidou begged, having Yumi and Mr. Tory smile at the idea.

"Sounds like a great idea. Let's go!"

Mr. Tory said, having me and Amu panic about this.

"No! No, no, no, no!"

Later: At The Music Pop Stage Room.

"And so he sits with us…"

"At least we had some free time when we were in the snack line..."

I said to Amu, who wasn't happy while Yaya and Nadeshiko weren't smiling either. We were already seated and Nikaidou was already talking a lot, making Mr. Tory and Yumi wish they weren't so nice to agree to have him sit with us.

"Yay, we got some good seats."

"…"

"Oh! Popcorn! Is it chocolate flavored?"

"Uh… Did you want some?"

Yaya asks, regretting it, when he took a huge hand full of her popcorn. When Yaya noticed this, she was panicking and looking over to Amu.

"He's your teacher. Do something!"

"I can't do anything!"

Amu said, about to take a sip when Yaya notice the kind of soda she was about to drink.

"Oh, are you drinking coke? How nice, Yaya wants some, too."

Yaya said, getting me to look over to her. Did Yaya just act wired?

"Want to trade?"

Amu asks, seeing Yaya smile wide.

"Ooh, we can!"

Yaya answers, trading her soda with Amu, having her notice the name on the cap.

"Easter!"

Amu shouted out, having me to almost spit out my soda and look at the cap. I was in shock; I was given a packet by Easter! Did they know I was coming here?

"It says Easter all over the place…"

"Amu, didn't you know? Easter Music is a very famous company. This hall is also owned by Easter."

Nikaidou said, having Amu looking at him as I look all over the place. Yup, he's right. Easter owns this place too. I never heard of them though until today.

"That's not it. Easter Foods, Easter Bank, Easter Manufacturing… Every one of these is part of the Easter conglomerate."

He added in, having me think about this.

"Utau Hoshina, who's performing now, is represented by Easter, too."

"DARTS, too!"

Nadeshiko and Yaya said, having me to think even more about this. Wasn't Utau, that girl from the cooking class in Seiyo?

"Huh? Utau Hoshina… She's singing?"

Amu ask in shock, having me guess that she forgot about what happen at the cooking class.

"Yes, Masahi Kagawa, too."

"And DARTS!"

They said, as I sigh and look over to my Characters, only to found them gone.

"Where did they run off too?"

I thought to myself.

"Yay! Utau singing first! She's great. I want to be a singer, too."

Said a boy near by, having me and Amu to look over.

"One day, I'll be a singer… And then I'll sing with Utau."

He said, having me to smile a little. But only to frown when Nikaidou spoke up again.

"Heh… Hee, hee. He wants to be a singer. That's funny… There's no way he can be one."

"Huh?"

"What?"

"Think about it. Percentage wise, there are only a few who become a star. Realistically speaking… Right?"

He ask, about to have me snap at him when Mr. Tory stop me by placing a hand on my shoulder. Before I could do or any anything to him, the whole room got dark.

"Thank you, for waiting. Music Pop… Is about to start!"

Came a young woman's voice somewhere behind the stage, having a lot of people get into cheers already. Somewhere in back stage, Utau was finishing up her make up when an older woman walk into the room.

"You don't look too happy, Utau… You're almost up-!"

"Sanjo… I did agree to look for the Embryo. But… I don't want to sing to do that…"

Utau said with a frown.

"So what?"

Utau's frown deepen

"You're bound by contract to work for Easter."

Sanjo started, now looking over to a cat boy, Ikuto and his Character, Yoru.

"Ikuto and you are like caged birds… Oh, or should I say butterflies? Hee, hee. If you're going to complain, I should just hire a different girl. A girl who has three Guardian Eggs… Or better yet, an older girl with two Guardian Eggs"

Sanjo said, smiling when she saw Utau make a fist.

"Amu Hinamori… And Tira Yuarona… Was it?"

She ask, seeing her stand up from her seat, slamming her fists onto the make up table, having Yoru to flinch from this.

"I'm not losing… To those girls."

Utau said, as a young man walk into the room.

"Utau, we're starting."

"…"

Utau didn't say one word and went to the front of the stage. Sanjo smirks at this.

"Hee, hee… Good girl."

"And now… Utau Hoshina and her newest song: 'Labyrinth Butterfly'!"

Said the same woman's voice as the crowds cheer when Utau walks on stage with her mic and started to sing. When she started to sing, I felt different. And I couldn't tell if it was bad or good.

"Please don't look. Please don't catch me. I'm a lost butterfly… I'm hiding… Invisible wings."

Utau sing, as me and Amu notice small black bat wings on her back.

"…Huh?"

"What?"

"Deep inside you heart…"

Utau stop for a moment, pointing to the same boy who wanted to be a singer and at the same time, his own heart's Egg started floating out of his body slowly, making us gasps in shock.

Before we could act fast, a stage light fell behind Utau, making her head snap to turn over to look behind to see it, getting the crowd to jump in surprise. But just then more stuff from above the stage started crashing down, almost killing Utau when Ikuto got her out of there but without us knowing it.

"Whoa, what the?"

"Aaaagghh!"

People were screaming and running every where to the exits, I even lost Mr. Tory and Yumi along the way.

"Due to technical difficulties, the performances have been canceled!"

"No shit!"

"Please exit the building calmly…"

"Run!"

"Move!"

"Ouch!"

"Amu, Tira, where are you?"

Nadeshiko shouted out but we soon lost them too, and that teacher of Amu's as well. I was with Amu and I soon got us both out of here.

"Pant… Pant… What was that?"

"I don't know…"

I answer her, looking for the others.

"We lost our friends… What should we do?"

Amu asks me, as I look over to her.

"We wait till most of the people are gone and then go look for them."

I answer, when we both felt something dark behind us and we both turn around to see a hatching X Egg.

"An X Character?"

Amu calls out, while I frown.

"Must be from that kid that wanted to be a singer."

I said, having her to remember about the boy back there. Just when the X Character was about to attack, when Ikuto came in and graph the X Character and it's X Egg, looking like a Cat character more.

"He's transformed?"

I thought to myself as we watch him look at the X Egg and the Character in it. He had the cat ears and cats tail, but now he has a whole new outfit to it. He wore a dark blue tank top that shows his torso and belly, making him look kind of hot. A big metal cross hangs around the cover of the top. His dark blue pants had a black belt around the hips and his long dark blue with black gloves have a set of metal cat claws on his right wrist. And his shoes were dark blue and black as well, along with a half of a dark blue and red cape that's in two, part of his tank top.

"…You saved us?"

Amu asks in question, getting Ikuto to look over to us with a blank look on his face.

"…Not really. I came to get rid of this junk…"

Ikuto said, having me to gasps in shock when Ikuto crushes the Egg in his own hand. I couldn't believe what just happen, it was so much to take and I fell on my knees in fear… Shaking!

"The Egg shattered!"

"With the Character still inside it!"

Came Ran's voice as Amu's, and mine Characters came out of no where.

"It's funny. I know I can't become a singer… It's a childish dream. Realistically speaking…"

We heard the boy's voice, walking past us a little far off, but we could still hear him well.

"… Just so you know… Even if I don't break it… A lot of people break their own Egg."

Ikuto spoke up, having me to glare at him with all the hate I could make inside. Ikuto didn't act to notice it and look over to the crowd of adults walking on by.

"All those adults walking around with tired faces… They're thrown away the 'person they want to be.'"

And with that Ikuto starts walking past, having a golden four leaf key in his pocket, having us to notice it. Even if Ikuto didn't, people wouldn't break their own Egg! I don't believe that he said this. I'll never believe him!

"I hate you!"

I shouted at him, having him frown deeply when he heard this, but just kept on walking. When he was gone from our view, we were found by the others but the teacher, Nikaidou.

"Amu! Tira!"

Nadeshiko call out as they all ran over to us.

"We're glad we found you two."

"It took so long, too!"

"Oh…"

"…"

"Darn another X Egg…"

Sanjo said, biting her finger in rage. She was still in the back stage rooms, but she wasn't alone.

"You can't find it that easily."

Nikaidou spoke up, having her look over to him.

"Oh, you came."

She said in an annoyed tone. He only smirks at her.

"You'll see. I'm the one… Who's going to find the Embryo."

A/N: R/R guys-just saying to! I like the good reviews. Makes me feel epic. Seeya on Monday everybody!