Me: Hi everyone, its chapter 9 now and I am really sorry for the late update because I'm a terrible author. Mika won't be here until she finished her assignment which meant I won't be bother!

Ai: That's great, Chikane. Hurry up and start the story.

Me: Thanks for giving me reviews:

Guest – Thank you~ I'll try making the story good and hope you'll continue reading w

Milu Montoya – Hi, thanks, sorry for the late chapter~ I'll try to update it fast and that's okay, I'm also not good in English.

Me: Roll on the story now!

Chapter 9

Yumiko dragged Ai to the classroom without letting go of her hands. Ai sweat dropped, 'How long will she drag me?'

"Fujisaki-san, can you let go of my hand now? We're almost going to class now."

Yumiko stopped and looked at Ai. "You don't need to be formal with me. Besides, let's be best friends, Ai-chan," Yumiko said while smiling. Kyo just grinned and touch Ai's head.

"Yeah, we like being friends with people so no need to be shy and formal around us, Ai." Kyo said with Yumiko nodding.

Ai stared at them. "We're friends?" Ai asked, feeling silly for asking the question. She blushed. Yumiko giggled.

"Yeah, so if you need anything, you can just ask us, Ai-chan. We'll be happy to help you. Besides, twins help twins since we're lucky to be twins," Yumiko said with Kyo laughing. She pinched her brother's arm making him twitched. Ai laughed at this.

"This is the first time I've met people like you guys. I hope we can get along from now on." Ai bowed with Rin appearing beside her. "I'm Rin, Ai-chan's guardian chara! I represent Ai-chan's dream to be more honest with herself and be good at sports!"

Kyo studied Rin and nodded. "Beat, introduce yourself," he said and a chara came out. "Sakura, you too," Yumiko said and a chara came out too.

"Yo, I'm Beat! I represent Kyo's dream to be good at sports and more boyish." Beat introduced. His hair was violet and eyes were purple. He wears a long-sleeved shirt, blue vest and jeans. He was wearing a blue-black headphone and his shoes were white with blue lines. He shows a thumb up to us while grinning.

"I'm Sakura, I represent Yumiko's dream to be a good dancer," Sakura introduced. Her hair was purple that was tied up in a large, wide and straight ponytail with sakura flowers. Her kimono was purple that consist a pattern of pink sakura flowers. Sakura bowed politely and smiled at us. 'Wow, Yumiko-san and Kyo-san have Guardian Charas too. I wonder if Souma-san and Sanjo-san have Guardian Charas too.'

"Let's go inside class now. The teacher will be here any minutes. Ai-chan, you can sit beside me. I'm sure we can help each other during class," Yumiko said.

"Sure, I hope Yumiko-san can also help if I have any problems," Ai said, feeling happy that she got friends now. The three of them went inside class and the students began whispering to each other.

"Isn't that Hotori Ai, Tadashi-sama's sister, also the one made an amazing goal at the soccer practice?"

"She's hanging out with Yumiko-sama and Kyo-sama! How lucky!"

"She was really cool!"

"So this is a 'don't judge a book by its cover' thing, right?"

"Hotori Ai was outstanding!"

Ai blushed really red. She didn't think that she was now the center of the attention after the soccer match. Yumiko giggled and Kyo just waved his hand. "Gossips, things that everyone likes to do. You'll get used to it sooner," he said and sat at his desk which was behind and beside the window.

Yumiko sat in front of her brother. She motioned for Ai to sit at the desk beside her. Ai then took a breath and sat at the desk. She was feeling really happy to get to chat with someone and friends with. 'It was thanks to that soccer match. I should probably thank Souma-san for this since he invited me to be there.'

Tadashi and Kazuki went in the class and Kazuki sat beside Kyo. Kyo held up his hand and high-five him. "Nice game, Kazuki." Kazuki smiled. "Well, I think I need more practice if I'm going to be good."

Kazuki noticed Ai sitting in front of him. "That was a splendid game, Hotori-san. You were really good," he said.

"Eh, I wasn't that good. You were good too, Souma-san." Ai quickly brushed off the compliment that Kazuki gave her.

Kazuki noticed that Tadashi was sitting at the front and not with them. Yumiko and Kyo seemed to notice it too. "Ai-chan, don't you and your brother sit with each other?"

Ai looked at her brother before answering, "Onii-chan didn't want to be a bother to me. I don't know but he said that he'll probably bother me and he can't focus easily in class. Sitting at the front makes him relax a bit."

Kazuki looked at Tadashi then at Ai. 'Looks like they're not close like Kyo and Yumiko.'

Finally, the teacher went in and class start as usual. Kazuki was thinking of something while Kyo seemed to know what Kazuki was thinking. Kazuki just smiled and couldn't wait for school to end.

~After school~ (skip time!)

Ai felt relieved that school was over. The last period was English and the teacher gave a test for everyone. Ai managed to get all the answers correct and was the highest in the class. The teacher praised her and Ai just said that it was only a coincidence that she got the answers correct. Tadashi was average while Yumiko and Kyo were good. Kazuki only got two answers wrong and he was second. 'Seems like she's good in academics than her brother,' Kazuki thought.

Yumiko went to Ai. "Ai-chan, let's go to the Royal Garden for a tea party. You and your brother will come, right?" She asked with her eyes pleading.

"Okay, we'll go to the Royal Garden. Onii-chan, you'll go, right?" Ai asked Tadashi as he was finish putting his books in his bag. Tadashi nodded in response.

Kyo grinned. "Terrific, we'll be going to the Royal Garden now. See you guys there!" He and Yumiko went out of class. Kazuki finished putting his books. He went to Ai and Tadashi where Ai was cheering Tadashi that he can do well in the next test if he works hard. Tadashi only sighed and ruffled his sister's hair.

"Well, I'll be seeing you two at the Royal Garden then. I hope you guys will come," Kazuki said and went to the Royal Garden.

"I wonder why do they want us to go to the Royal Garden really badly. We didn't do anything bad, did we?" Ai asked, nervous in her voice. She was definitely thinking about the things she did that might be bad. Tadashi only laughed.

"Nah, I don't think so. Besides, we're just going to have a tea party," he said but he didn't mean it. 'I doubt it though, that King would said something that I don't like,'

Rin came out. She waved her pom-poms up. "Don't mind, Ai-chan! I'm sure something interesting will happen. You just have to think positive!" Riki and Zura flew beside Rin and they seemed to agree with her.

Ai smiled. "I hope so."

Tadashi thought about the Guardians and the picture of the old Guardians. 'They were Guardians too so…it's probably that.'

Before they realized, they were already in front of the Royal Garden. Ai looked at the Royal Garden with nervous and tried to shake off the tremble of her hands. Ai almost felt like running away but Tadashi took hold of her left arm and didn't let go. He sent a look to her. "Don't try to run away now. I'm already tired of them bothering me."

Ai laughed nervously and nodded. She took a breath before entering the Royal Garden with Tadashi. "Wow, it's beautiful!"

Ai's eyes focused on the flowers that were around the Royal Garden. She quickly went closed to them. "Wow, there are many types of flowers here! This flower is Anemone, here is Amaryllis, that is Amaranthus. Oh, Aster, Azalea, Begonia, Campanula and there is also Myosotis!" Ai said while saying all the flowers that she saw. Tadashi sweat dropped while gave her a look.

"Umm, I know you're smart but could you please say their common names instead of their scientific names."

Ai laughed nervously. She had always been like that ever since she was three. She says things that aren't like kids her age would say. She stood up and rubbed her head. "Sorry, I like the scientific names but I'll try saying the common names too."

A laughing sound was heard behind the twins and they turned to look to see Kyo laughing with Yumiko trying to make her brother stop. He wiped his tears and tried to hold his laugh. "Man, didn't know that she was this smart, probably smarter than Kazuki."

Ai blushed a bit with Tadashi looking at the Fujisaki twins. Yumiko and Kyo smiled at them. Yumiko quickly grabbed Ai's right hand. "Follow us, you two. We've been waiting for you guys to arrive."

Without saying anything, Ai followed, probably more like she was pulled by Yumiko. Kyo didn't try to drag Tadashi because he didn't want to have trouble with Tadashi. Tadashi followed them behind with Kyo walking beside him.

Ai was amazed looking at the tea and sweets that were on the table. Kazuki was standing there with calm while Chinami was bouncing with excitement. "Hurry up! Chi wants to eat the cake now!"

"We got it. Look, both of them are already here so be patient, Chinami."

All of them took their sits except for Ai and Tadashi. Tadashi kept being quiet while Ai was looking at the tea and sweets at the table. She tried smelling. 'This tea smell like it was already this sweet; the flavor probably has tried to suit the people's taste, mainly Sanjo-san. The sweets also-'

"Ai-chan, here, the sit beside me is empty. Tadashi can sit beside Ai-chan," Yumiko said, making Ai's thoughts stop. She blushed a bit. 'Great, I was in my thoughts again.'

Ai quickly sat beside Yumiko with Tadashi sitting beside her, being serious. Kazuki smiled with calm. Tadashi tried to think what Kazuki's smile was. Ai took a sip of her tea and finally relaxed her shoulders. Finally, the King's chair, Kazuki stood up and everyone's attention was at him.

"Okay, I will like to thank the Hotori twins for coming here. The reason we want the two of you coming here because it's something really important, mainly the Guardian characters you have." Like a signal, all Guardian characters come out from their owners. Rin went beside Riki and Zura while studying the others.

"Everyone has Guardian Characters."

Chinami nodded. "Yup and that's why we want you two to be here!"

Yumiko took a sip of her tea. "You two can do character transformation when none of us can do. Ai-chan was also able to help an X-egg that can cause trouble."

"Also, beside us who can do character changes, you two are the only ones of us who can catch the X-eggs and turn them back." Kyo added.

Ai nodded at them. Tadashi that was being quiet all the time finally opened his mouth. "Meaning, since we also have Guardian characters and character transformation, don't tell me you want us to be like you guys?"

"Your answer are always hit the bulls eye, Hotori-kun," Kazuki said. He then said the thing that he wanted to say.

"We want both of you two to be part of the Guardians."

Me: Okay, finish Chapter 9. Need to think Chapter 10 now!

Ai: Thanks for reading this chapter. Please rate and review.

Chinami: See you guys later~