True Friends Real or Not Page 5
AN: Has spoilers for anyone who have not seen episode 25 of Shugo Chara.
Eve was sitting by Amu in Class as everyone gossiped about the Guardians asking them to join the Guardians. Amu was freaky out but was trying not to show it and Eve was annoyed by it.
'I do not see what is so special about them. They are just like the rest of us.' Eve thinks to herself.
-After School-
Eve and Amu were walking in the court yard when they heard a voice behind them.
"Amu-Chan. Eve-San." Nadeshiko says right behind Amu. Amu jumps in fright and turns around. Eve turns around also but she was not frightened.
"Well, well, you really are a scaredy cat, Amu-Chan." Nadeshiko says.
"W-What do you mean?" Amu stutters.
"I was thinking I want to play with you both and become best friends!" Nadeshiko says with Temari nodding beside her. Eve had noticed it before but something was off about Nadeshiko and she was going to figure it out. Eve always did love a good mystery like Sherlock Holmes.
"You're just saying that. It's probably a trick to make me join the Guardians!" Amu says.
"Was it that obvious?" Nadeshiko asks.
"I was right?" Amu asks surprised.
"Nadeshiko, try that." Temari says. Eve was curious about what "that" is.
"Okay. The secret weapon to entice Amu: sleepy-time Hotori-Kun's private picture!" Nadeshiko says as she takes out a cute (Amu's words not Eve's) picture of Kiddy King sleeping knowing that if she got Amu to join Eve would also join to protect Amu. Eve looked disgusted while Amu had stars in her eyes for a second before she snapped out of it.
"Why would I want that?" Amu yells embarrassed.
"Well, you like Hotori-Kun, don't you, Amu-Chan? I have a lot more too. There's the private picture collection and the hidden profile. If you'll join us, they'll all be yours!" Nadeshiko says with a bright smile.
"What to do?" Amu says enticed by all of the pictures. Eve just sighed and shakes her head Amu was hopeless.
"Amu-Chan, don't be tempted!" Ran yells trying to hold Amu back.
"Resist!" Miki yells also trying to hold Amu back. Amu snapped out of her trance.
"That's right! Don't insult me with that kind of bribe!" Amu says in a determined tone.
"That's right, don't insult us!" Ran says as she waves her pom-poms.
"Acting like you weren't tempted…" Miki mutters. Eve and her Charas nod their heads agreeing with Miki. Nadeshiko and Temari giggle.
"You're so straightforward. Well then, I guess I'll support your love without resorting to tricks." Nadeshiko says.
"Why are you still talking about that?" Amu yells.
"I'll be going to Hotori-Kun's house tomorrow. Amu-Chan, do you want to come?" Nadeshiko asks. Amu was shocked by the question.
"B-But I can't just suddenly show up at his house." Amu says flustered.
"This kind of opportunity doesn't come often. There won't be any rivals there; it's the perfect chance." Nadeshiko explains.
"That's true. Maybe I should." Amu thinks out load.
"She took the bait, she did." Eve and the Charas say in disappointment.
"If you bring some homemade treats, I'm sure you'll score some points!" Nadeshiko says.
"Homemade treats? No way, not possible. I'm really bad home-Ec." Amu explains as her Green Club/Clover Egg wiggles in her bag.
"Don't worry. I'll teach you! It's settled. Let's meet here again in thirty minutes." Nadeshiko says and then she runs off before anyone could say anything.
"W-Wait. A present for the Prince and a promise with a friend…I kind of feel—"Amu breaks off.
"Excited?" Ran and Miki ask.
"N-Not really, it's rather annoying." Amu says. Eve and the Charas laugh and shake their heads knowing Amu is lying. Amu turns to Eve and asks.
"You will come with me, won't you, Eve-Chan?" Amu asks in a hopeful voice.
"Of course I will come with you." Eve says with a warm smile that makes Amu blush.
"We better go or we will be late." Eve says.
"R-Right." Amu says still blushing. They then take off towards the Home-Ec room. Little did they know a sly and mischievous Cat Chara was watching them?
-Home Economics Room-
"Hey, we really shouldn't be in here." Amu says in a cute red plaid apron.
"Oh, don't worry. I'm a Guardian!" Nadeshiko says with a wink. She was wearing a white frilly apron.
"Such an abuse of power…" Amu mutters. Eve agreed with her, she was wearing a blue frilly apron.
"Come, let's begin. The menu will be comprised of fruit tarts!" Nadeshiko announces cheerfully. Eve and Amu were confused.
"Why?" Amu asks for both of them.
"It seems like you're making all of the decisions." Eve says.
"Because Hotori-Kun loves fruit tarts." Nadeshiko explains.
"The Prince does? If that's the case…" Amu says flustered, Eve just sighs not really interested in the Kiddy King but she would be nice sense it's his birthday.
"Also, it would be best if you didn't call him "Prince" when he's around." Nadeshiko says. Amu was confused and Eve just thinks it probably has something to do with his stuck up looking Chara.
"I will be making two of my favorite sweets. Don't worry one of them is a fruit pie." Eve says.
"Oh, what are you baking then, Eve-San?" Nadeshiko asks.
"I did not know you could bake, Eve-Chan." Amu says.
"Yes, I can bake; my family's cook taught me how. I will be baking a German Chocolate Cake and a Blueberry Pie." Eve states.
"That sounds delicious, Eve-San." Nadeshiko says.
"Hey, it sounds good, Eve-Chan." Amu says. Then they all got to work on their separate projects.
-An Hour or So Later-
Eve had finished her sweets and they were already packed to go. She was now helping Amu and Nadeshiko finish theirs when Nadeshiko left to get some fruit decorations and left Amu to finish the rest of the fruit tart alone. Amu was thinking about how she seemed to make two friends. She could not believe it, she was so happy and her Charas could tell their Master was happy so they were happy. Eve was also happy for her same with her Charas.
"I am not sure I can do this by myself." Amu says nervous that she would screw up.
"You can! To be able to do it alone, Amu: Chara Chan—" The voice was cut off by a clap. Eve and Amu turned around and saw the sexy Cat Boy who had tried to steal Amu's Eggs sitting on the window seal having come through the window.
"Time out." The boy (Ikuto if Eve remembers right) says.
"You're…from before…the freaky Kitty cosplay Boy!" Amu yells. Eve, her Charas and Ikuto all sweat drop and look at Amu like she is crazy.
'Did she forget that was his Chara Change and that his Chara is a Cat Chara like Yuki is?' Eve thinks to herself.
"Cosplay…" Ikuto says in confusion.
"Don't come any closer, Weirdo!" Amu yells waving her arms about. Eve and her Charas just sigh and Eve just decided to watch for now. Ikuto stood up from where he was sitting and walked up to them. He looked over at Ran and Miki.
"It wasn't the first two. What will happen this time? Is it the Embryo?" Ikuto says as he holds up his hand and his Cat Chara drops Amu's last Egg into his hand. Eve stood up straight when he said that wondering why he wanted the Embryo. Eve singled Roarke to stay with her while Yuki distracts Ikuto's Chara Yoru and for Keigo to stay and protect Ran and Miki.
"The third Egg?" Amu yells. Ikuto then licks the Egg that is when Eve has had enough.
"Give Amu-Chan, back her Egg!" Eve yells as she rushes over to Ikuto. Eve was reaching for the Egg but she got lost in Ikuto's beautiful blue eyes. Ikuto also got lost in Eve's beautiful purple eyes, they fell to the floor with Ikuto on top of Eve and Amu's Egg was rolling on the floor by her head. Roarke and Keigo grabbed the Egg and gave it back to Amu. Eve kept looking at Ikuto and could not help but ask.
"Why do you want the Embryo?" Eve asks softly not really wanting to break the moment and neither did Ikuto but all good things must come to an end, the door slammed open breaking the spell.
"That's enough! Get away from her!" Nadeshiko yells. Eve and Ikuto got up and Eve walks over to Amu and Nadeshiko. Eve could not believe the emotions she is feeling. She has never felt this way before but she also knows she also has these feelings for Amu too.
"Eve-San, are you alright?" Nadeshiko asks.
"Yes, I am fine." Eve says.
"Temari, Chara Change!" Nadeshiko yells.
"Yes, Madam!" Temari says as she takes out a branch of cherry blossoms and waves it and says.
"Chin, Ton, Shan." Temari says as blossoms appeared in Nadeshiko's hair and then Nadeshiko goes crazy and starts swinging a naginata around. It looked to Eve and to Amu that she was trying to kill Ikuto.
"Nadeshiko-San has that kind of personality?" Amu yells in shock. Eve looked thoughtful for a minute
'It all makes sense now. I have finally uncovered the mystery I was trying to figure out about Nadeshiko-San.' Eve thinks to herself but a load crash brought her out of her thoughts and she saw Amu's fruit tart on the ground broken.
"What do we do? What do we do?" Ran and Miki yell.
"Don't panic, don't panic." Amu's Egg says and then it hatches to reveal a cute Chara that looked like a homemaker.
"Leave this to, Su!" The Chara Su says with a wink. She then flies over to Amu and says.
"Here I go, Amu-Chan. Flaky and fluffy is the answer! Chips, Syrup, Whipcream!" Su says as Amu's X hairclip became a Clover and a huge bowl and whisk appeared and Amu started stringing like crazy making a huge river of cream. Eve, Ikuto and Nadeshiko all jumped out of the way with their Charas. Amu and her Charas were not as lucky as they got swept away by the river of cream. After the river stopped Amu was sitting on the ground she looked up and saw Ikuto and his Chara looking at her. Eve walked up to Amu to make sure she was alright.
"The third one wasn't the Embryo either?" Ikuto says with a sigh.
"The Embryo again? Exactly what is it?" Amu asks confused.
"Amu-Chan, there's a big problem!" Ran yells. Eve and Amu both looked over at Ran and saw the fruit tart was broken.
"The tart was…" Ran trails off. Eve looks over and sees Amu trying to hold back tears.
"This is terrible." Nadeshiko says.
"After we finally finished it…" Miki says.
"I-It was bound to happen. From the very start, making snacks wasn't in my character. This is better than making something bad. So, you see, everything is fine." Amu says as a few tears fall. Eve looked at Amu not knowing what to do to comfort her.
"Let's move, Ikuto." Yoru says. Eve looks over to see Ikuto with what looked like a guilty expression on his face and then he turns around and leaves.
'Well at least he feels guilty for what he did, even though it was not all his fault. Nadeshiko helped with her going crazy and wildly swinging everywhere.' Eve thinks to herself.
"Amu-Chan, should we start over?" Nadeshiko asks.
"No, it's fine; we're out of ingredients and time." Amu says as she whips the tears out of her eyes.
"Amu-Chan, it's okay. We can still make something with the leftover dough from the tarts!" Su explains and then she Chara Changes with Amu and they all got to work.
"The cookies are done!" Su announces.
"It's not a tart, but…" Miki says.
"We made cookies!" Ran finishes.
"Amu-Chan, that's great!" Nadeshiko says. Eve nods her head in agreement.
"They're done." Amu says in relief.
"Leave it to, Su." Su says with a wink. Everyone one was packing up to leave. Amu was waiting for Eve sense Eve was sleeping over at Amu's house again. Eve told Amu to go ahead she would catch up to her, she just had to do something first. This left only Nadeshiko, Temari and Eve with her Charas in the room.
"Was there something you needed, Eve-San?" Nadeshiko asks. Eve really did not know how do go about saying what she wanted to says so she just decided to be blunt.
"You're really a boy, aren't you?" Eve asks already knowing the answer. Nadeshiko froze and so did Temari.
"W-Whatever do you mean? I am a girl." Nadeshiko says panicking.
"I already knew there was something different about you but your Chara Change made it all clear because really you were just a little bit too crazy to be a girl and I bet the reason you are so crazy is because you are sick of dressing up as a girl." Eve explains. Nadeshiko was in shock at how someone figured out her/his secret.
"I am shocked that someone figured it out after all of this time. You are not going to tell anybody are you?" Nadeshiko asks hoping she will not tell because if she does his Mom with flip out.
"No, I will not tell anyone. How about we introduce are selves again only this time with your real name." Eve says with a warm smile. Nadeshiko smiles back and nods.
"My name is Eve Yukimari and these are my Charas Roarke, Yuki and Keigo." Eve introduces herself.
"My real name is Nagihiko Fujisaki my alias is Nadeshiko Fujisaki and this is my Chara Temari." Nadeshiko now revealed to be Nagihiko introduces himself. Eve knew that Nagihiko was happy to have someone finally know his true self as he explains why he has to dress up as a girl.
-At Amu's House-
"The cookies look good!" Miki says.
"Now for the wrapping." Su says as she looks at all the wrapping utensils.
"What color ribbon should I use? I'll attach a card with a message, too. Thinking about these things seems to be out of my Character." Amu says.
'But it is your Character you just can't admit it yet.' Eve thinks to herself as Yuki and Miki were taking. Keigo was sitting with Su and Roarke was sitting on her shoulder.
"If that's the case, into a cute and sincere girl: Chara Change!" Ran says before Amu could stop her. Amu then writes a letter to the Kiddy Prince.
The Card
To My Dear Prince,
I made these cookies especially for you. Please think of me when you eat them. The truth is; I'm shy.
From your Admirer, Amu Hinamori. I'll be waiting for your mail.
-End of Card-
"There's the Card." Miki says as Yuki puts the card into the cookie tin.
"And here's the wrapping." Ran says as Keigo and she wraps it.
"Now to tie the ribbon!" Su says as she ties a green ribbon around the tin with Roarke's help.
"All done!" Everyone says cheerfully. Then Amu realizes what she wrote and made another with a different less embarrassing card and with a red ribbon.
"Jeez, there's no way I can give him something so embarrassing." Amu mutters.
"But the green one is so much cuter." Su complains softly. Eve and Amu then went to bed hoping everything went well tomorrow.
-Night Time: On a Hill Somewhere-
"It wasn't the third Egg either." Yoru complained as he bites into a cookie. Yoru looks at Ikuto and sees he stopped eating his cookie and looked lost in thought.
"What's wrong?" Yoru asks in concern.
"Nothing." Ikuto replies and then bites into the cookie in his hand. Ikuto was thinking about Eve's beautiful eyes and how sad Amu looked after the tart was broken. He wonders what tomorrow would bring.
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