Rikka hurried to tell Yaya. Yaya-senpai is gonna be soooooo surprised when she finds out about this! she thought excitedly. A girl with not one, not two, but 10 Shugo Chara! And I bet the old Guardian members are gonna be soooooo surprised t- Rikka fell with a loud THUMP onto the stage.

" Rikka? " Yaya asked in surprise. Everyone laughed at Rikka's sudden fall on the stage. Rikka got up.

" Don't worry about me, Yaya-senpai, " she said, out of breath. Then she lowered her voice to whisper, though she didn't have to because everyone else was practically rolling on the floor laughing. " The new Joker - the Chairman said she has ten Shugo Charas! Isn't that sooooo cool, Yaya-senpai? "

" EH?! TEN SHUGO- " Rikka covered Yaya's mouth. She had almost screamed into the microphone in front of everybody. Everyone stared at them, and then they just started laughing like crazy again.

" Oops! Sorry, Rikka, but TEN Shugo Charas? " Yaya asked, eyes wide in amazement.

Pepe was surprised, too. " Well, that is certainly one extraordinary girl-dechuka, " she said, scratching her chin. Then she gasped. " I-I feel something-dechu! Lots of Shugo Charas! Hotaru! " She turned to Rikka's calm, wise Shugo Chara. " Don't you feel something really... really... "

Hotaru was thinking hard. " Ah! Yes, I feel something... but... " She turned to Pepe. " It's... strange. "

" I don't feel anything strange-dechuka, " Pepe said. She tried to think. Think, think, think, Pepe, Pepe thought. Finally, she felt something. Something very strange. " It's like... " Pepe tried to think of the right word. " Like being bottled up! "

" Yes! " Hotaru said. " But... not in a mean way... "

" Are the new Joker's Shugo Charas bottled up or something? " Yaya asked curiously. " And what's with this ' bottled up ' thing you're talking about? How did you ever think of coming up with something like THAT to say to - "

" It's true, Yaya-tan, " Pepe interrupted. " I've never felt anything like this before. It isn't a bad feeling, but it isn't like it's all, ' Hello, we've come to meet you ' or something. It's strange, but... " She bit her lip.

" It's what? It's what? " Rikka asked.

" I think it's also powerful, " Hotaru answered. She looked at Pepe. " It's not bad powers. It's good powers. See? " The sun at the end of her tail-like thing flickered.

" Hotaru is right, " Pepe said, nodding. " It's a good power. Maybe we can scan the audience... " She tried looking around at the crowd, but no result until...

" AHA! " Pepe and Hotaru said at the same time. " That girl! " They pointed to a girl who was right in the middle of the auditorium. She had brown, straight hair and a beautiful sky-blue crystal shaped like a diamond hung around her neck.

Why are those two Shugo Charas pointing at me? she thought.

Ayame... I can help you, if you want me to... Ayame's Shugo Chara, Medida, was for fortune-telling. An egg slowly came out of Ayame's sky-blue crystal. The egg was purple, white, yellow and black. It looked magical, and right away, you could tell it was for fortune-telling. A crystal ball was the symbol for it.

" A Shugo Chara! " Rikka, Hotaru, Yaya and Pepe whispered a little loud.

It might take a while for the next chapter, or maybe not, but just read! XD