Chapter 2

Me: I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack~!

Haruki: *mumbles* Kura doesn't own Shugo Chara… Me, on the other hand…

Me: *on floor, weakly reaching up to the computer* So… Quiet… So… Cold… Sucking… Out… Life… Must… Type…

Chapter 2: Another… "Delightful" Surprise… Yeah, right.

After having my little happy moment with my eggs, something caught my eye under them. Something clothy and black, red, plaid… A… Paper… Oh fudge, I think I know what this is, and I'm not liking it.

Fudge.

My suspicions proved to be correct. A school enrollment confirmation letter and a school uniform. Great. School. Boy am I glad I decided to read all those books about the stuff. I'm grades ahead in my "studies", I believe.

But, when I looked at the uniform, the thing I DID have a problem with was the length of the skirt. It's so short! Man! I SO wish I were good at making clothes… And at art while I'm at it… Ooh, writing too. Suddenly, the cream egg started twitching, and I heard a voice.

"I believe I can help you with this!"

"W-what?!" I cried.

The egg started floating, and hatched. Out came a little person with shoulder length hair swept to the side. She had a navy blue beret and a white mixed with cream colored sleeveless shirt. The shirt had a turtle neck with letters around the collar. At the end of the shirt, there was red stripes and black letters. She wore jeans folded in at the end, and sneakers. On her back was a drawing and writing pad attached to a strap.

"Character change! From a girl not good at drawing and designing to one who is! Plan, draw, scribe!"

Suddenly, a barrette with an "a" on it popped on my head, and my arms were a blur as I worked on my uniform. When my character change was done, my skirt was longer, now almost knee length, and there was another small bag with cushioning in it. It had 8 different slots, so I'm assuming they're for my eggs. I looked at my guardian character.

'Guardian Character's too long,' I mused, 'I now dub guardian characters… CHARAS!'

My chara nodded her head. "That's a good name. I like it. Chara." I did a double take.

"Did you just read my mind?!"

The chara shook her head and sighed. "Figures you would forget already. You, or we are the embryo, remember? Not to mention I'm also you're heart's egg?"

"Oh. Duh." Well, I feel stupid. Trying to move things past the awkward stage, I asked some questions. "So… What's your name? Your one of my dreams, right? Which one?"

She smiled. "My name is Rin. I am your dream to write, draw, and design! Nice to meet you!" She stuck out her hand to shake.

I giggled and shook her hand with my finger. My hand's about a million times bigger than hers. "Nice to meet you! Now, I guess we should open this and see what school I'm going to." I attempted a cheery face at that, but completely failed. "I am NOT looking forward to being stuck in a building surrounded by a bunch of people…" I shuddered, then opened the envelope.

"Lesse… Dear Miss Moriko… Hah, 'miss'... You have been accepted… Blah blah blah… There! Finally, I get to the name! It's called… Seiyo Academy! Great, it sounds like one of those fancy-shmancy snobby schools… Just my luck… And something just tells me that "no" isn't an answer…" I sighed. "Well, Rin, looks like we're going to Seiyo Academy!"

Rin, on contrast to me, was ecstatic. "Wow, an academy! I wonder what classes there are? Oh, I just can't wait! Ooh, maybe you'll be able to take a writing class! Does it say what class? Tell me!"

"Um... Star class…"

"Ooh! Sounds cool! When do you start?"

"Um… Lessee… EH?!" I yelled, "TOMORROW?! FUDGE!"

Rin did an anime fall. "Well, let's get your stuff together, make sure your eggs fit in their pouches, and make sure your uniform fits. I mean, this is rather short notice, so we should get this done as soon as possible." She said while rubbing her head.

"Y-yeah. Whoo for school…" I weakly said, putting up a shaky fist pump. Then, it fell and I hung my head. "I can't do this…"

"Don't be that way! Even if you are ahead, you should know that you may make friends, or you could learn something new! Now, come come! Time to get all of this stuff together! Chop chop!"

I sighed. Today's gonna be a loooooooooooooooooong day.

TIME SKIP: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Well… Here I am. Seiyo Academy… It still sounds stuck up, but now it's worse. It LOOKS stuck up. And WHY does there have to be SO many people?! I wanna go back to the forest! It's where I belong! Even my last name says that! Moriko means FOREST CHILD-literally! I'm a forest girl, not a civilization girl. I mean, if it weren't for the animals all giving me the spare change that people have dropped over the years, I would only have had $10! How'm I supposed to get the money for my school supplies when I don't even have an APARTMENT!?

I owe a lot to animals. Oh, did I mention that I figured out that Rin and I can speak mind-to-mind? Pretty sweet, huh?

'Rin?' I thought/asked.

'Yeah?'

'Please tell me you're staying with me while you're hiding.'

'I'm staying with you while I'm hiding.'

'THANK YOU!' At the last thought, I could feel Rin move her arms from inside my hair to what I assume was her face. The reason for my asking? Because I happen to need SOME measure of comfort. I'm in a new school, new universe, with no one I know, not like I knew anyone in the last universe, with everyone staring at me. My day only just began, and I'm already being stared at!

...Okay, it's probably the way I'm wearing my uniform. I admit it.

Instead of wearing my uniform the intended way, my fixed skirt was an inch above my knees, and had a simple but stylish belt there, just loose enough that it looks cool, but still, you know, keeps my skirt up. My coat was tied around my waist instead of on, and my shirt sleeves were rolled up to my elbows. I wore my usual boots with it. It's not my fault I have a sense of style, and it's certainly not my fault I'm such a spaz when it comes to talking, so they take it as me just being shy, cold and antisocial.

I walked over to my class, and the teacher told me to wait outside until he called me in. While he was busy prepping class, Rin was busy trying to get me CALM DOWN. I mean, seriously, I'm in a big building with a lot of kids, strangers, and loudness. Not exactly my version of paradise. More like a torture area for me to start hyperventilating.

"Calm down, Haruki-chan. Remember, I'll be here the whole time. Don't let it get to you. If you need help, just ask. Just with your mind. In fact, just start talking with your mind now. If people hear you, chances are they'll think you're crazy."

'Right.'

"Moriko-san?" called… Nicola? Nikora? Nicky? Oh, I remember, Nikaidou. "Come on in."

'Go, Haruki-chan.' Rin whispered encouragingly to me. It helped with walking in at least.

"Class, this is Moriko Haruki-san (A/N: Cause, you know, in Japan they introduce people Last Name, First Name.) Why don't you say hi?"

I was silent, and let me just say, all these people are bad for my health. "Eh, Moriko-san?"

'Crap! WhatdoIsaywhatdoIsay!' In the end, my outer character showed up. So, I stiffly nodded with a blush and my usual cold look in my eyes, and said, "H-hello."

By the end of school there were rumors about me and a new… would I even call this a nickname? Anyway, now almost everywhere I go, there are people (the students) calling me 'shy and icy' Moriko. Yeah, serious contrast to my first name. Haruki basically means sunny or radiant. Not very 'shy and icy'. I've also heard of 'cool and spicy' Hinamori, a pink haired girl in the guardians group. She is also in my class.

Not to mention that she has 3 charas and has a completely bogus outer self.

Really, I don't know how people don't notice. Her eyes have that uncaring bored look, but deep down they have uncertainty and shyness. Quite obvious to me, but I've been told I'm quite observative. Funny, I don't think those people meant it as a complement when they said it. Anyways, back to the present.

As I was walking… erm… home, I passed a giant glass building. If I remember correctly, this was the royal garden. Anyways, I was walking when I sensed it. A dream. An egg. Crying. Probably helps that I'm the embryo thingamajigy. Point is, I sensed it. Then I felt it, a pain almost like a part of myself was being ripped away. Rin felt/sensed it too.

"Haruki-chan!" Rin cried, "an x-egg!"

"Right!" Long story short, I ran towards where I sensed the x-egg.

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When I got there, there were already people there. Specifically, the guardians in a character transformation/character change.

There was Amu, Tadase, Yaya, Nadeshiko, and Kukai. Of all of them, only Amu was in a character transformation. She was, I inferred, character transformed with her pink chara. She was in a pink and white cheerleader outfit, with her hair in a side ponytail. Her head had a pink and white visor with a heart on it, and she had… Pom-poms? The shaky-cheery-thingamajigs? Yeah, pom-poms.

Tadase had a crown and a rod, and Yaya had a bib, a giant rattle…. And was throwing a temper tantrum. Nadeshiko had a naginata, and her ponytail was held in a nadeshiko flower clip-thingy. Only thing is, Nadeshiko's a GUY. Don't ask me why he's telling everyone he's a she, but if you look at "her" movements, they're a practiced sort of girl movements. Also, her body structure is more like a guys. It does help that I spent most of my life watching for exactly this sort of things. Just by looking at the movements of a person, you can tell many things. Sorry, back on topic. Lastly, there was Kukai. He had a star clip and a soccer ball.

'Go figures,' I thought to Rin, 'The guardians all have charas.'

'I know. You know, couldn't they have come up with a better name than the guardians? It's just so… So BLAND.'

'Should we help?' I asked as I watched them flail around, trying to help Amu who clearly needed it.

'Yes'

"Okay, then!" I yelled, gaining the attention of everyone there, x-egg included. "My heart: Unlock!"

Rin jumped in her egg, and the egg went inside of me as multi-colored sparkles surrounded me. I winked, and spun around, while gaining a baggy cream colored shirt with letters on the linings. My pants were soft washed out blue jeans rolled up to my ankles comfortably, and I had sneakers on. I jumped up, and did a back flip as I got a black beanie and my hair was put into a loose ponytail. When I landed, I had a belt with a large pencil pouch attached. Then, I spun back around, put one hand on my hip, and yelled out :

"Chara Nari: Warrior Scribe!"

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Me: That's all, folks! *looks to the side with sweat drop and mumbles* Though it's only cause I have no idea where to go from here….

Haruki: Ha! You're clueless!

Me: Oh yeah! Wanna bet, shorty!?

Haruki: WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT SHE FALLS THROUGH SAND AND CAN BREATH UNDERWATER BECAUSE SHE CAN BREATHE THE OXYGEN MOLECULES?!

Me: I never said that.

Haruki: *holding up a shaking fist and muttering unintelligible phrases with a HUGE vein popping up (anger mark)*

Me: No, I will not crawl into a hole and die, I won't be brutally murdered, I won't drop dead, and I will not be trampled to death by countless rabid fangirls. *shivers at the mention of the last one*

Haruki: What!? How did you- What?!

Me: It's easy! When me and my friend go all fangirl, we talk in the same way! *smile*

Haruki: *bangs head on wall*

Me: You DO realize that all the readers are watching you, right?

Haruki: *freezes* E-Ehhhhhhhhhhh?! I-I've got to be going! *runs away*

Me: … Welp… Anyways, for all of y'alls that are reading right this very moment, thanks a lot! Buh-bye!