[FanFiction] The 'Practical Joking' series

Summary: Yoru decides to play a practical joke on his owner... with hilarious results...

Inspiration: A picture I drew of Ikuto (it's on my FanFiction.net and CR profile)

Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara or anything related to the manga/anime

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Practical Joking

A Shugo Chara One-Shot

Written by: Mysterious Angel Girl (that's my FanFic.net penname)

Contains: Amuto

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It had been in a discussion with Miki that had sparked the idea at first; who knew she could be so creatively cunning and evil to even think of something like that? And was it even possible? Powered by curiosity, the pondering question soon became an experimental plan. Now, with no-one willing to try it out, it had become nothing more than an idea for a sinister practical joke, and who better to try it out on than Ikuto? It would get him back for all those times he got flicked by him anyway.

Of course, for it to work, he had to have Amu and her charas with him. If she wasn’t there, then the plan would be in tatters. Luckily for Yoru, not only were those two together in the same area, but for them to be confronted by a swarm of X-eggs as well made the plan even better.

Now, as Amu character-transformed into Amulet Clover, Yoru was quite certain that he could pull off this practical joke with ease. It just required correct timing and precision; two things he was sure to pull off.

“My own heart, unlock!”

That was the cue; Yoru’s cue to quickly move out of the way if he wanted this to work. Instead of preparing to chara-nari with Ikuto, the cat-chara floated away unnoticed, his eyes locked on a certain pink-haired chara nearby. Her pom-poms waving crazily in the air, the chara was happily putting her cheery personality to good use.

“Go Amu-chan go! You can do it Amu-chan!”

Of course, Ran was so caught up in her cheering that he didn’t notice the sneaky Yoru float up behind her. With a clever smirk identical to Ikuto’s, he gave Ran a shove towards his still oblivious owner, and watched gleefully as she went sailing through the air. Once she collided with Ikuto, Yoru eagerly awaited the results.

The resulting pink light only made Yoru grin wider. Had he pulled it off after all?

Meanwhile, the group of X-eggs were now ready to be purified, and Amu had gotten out her whisk and prepared to attack. But before she could perform her finishing move as Amulet Clover, the sudden laughter that erupted from a nearby Miki put her off guard. Slightly annoyed, Amu turned in her direction, only to find the most unthinkable and unbelievable sight.

Ikuto...character transformed with Ran!?

Amu stared in disbelief at the confused teenager, who was now examining the pink pom-poms that had suddenly appeared in his hands. A moment ago he should've transformed with his chara, but instead he stood dressed in the exact same attire as Amulet Heart, and boy did he look funny.

Ikuto, deliberately ignoring Amu, stood with the pom-poms at his sides and shifted his eyes to his chara, who was too busy laughing to even notice.

“Yoru...”

But still no response; just the sound of his chara’s amusement now combined with Miki’s.

Amu, aware that her cheeks had turned a slight pink, stifled her laughter and regained her current character’s composure. Turning to the X-eggs, she discovered that some of them had cracked open their eggs just to see what was so funny. And of course, they were laughing at Ikuto’s character transformation. Ikuto on the other hand, didn't seem to mind the fact that he was now wearing the (revealing) short skirt and top combo, as well as the heart-shaped clip in his hair. Not that he enjoyed it much though.

Amu saw the X-eggs laughing at Ikuto as the perfect distraction. Raising her whisk, she finally performed the finishing move.

“Remake Honey!”

One cleansing technique and a horde of purified Heart’s eggs later, Ran finally came to her senses as to what had just happened and ended the transformation, causing Ikuto to revert back to normal. The startled and slightly dizzy pink chara quickly floated back towards her owner, leaving the teen behind.

“Ran!”

“I didn’t do it Amu-chan! It was by force!” Ran said in defence. But it was futile; Amu had already turned to face Ikuto; or rather, his back.

“Ikuto...” Amu didn’t know what to say. She wanted to giggle, but her current character wouldn't allow it. But what else could she do? Apologise? Laugh out loud? Comment on how well the skirt suited him? She needed a witty remark and fast, before he came up with-

“Who’s the perve now?”

Amu frowned as she dropped her character transformation. “E-excuse me?”

Ikuto turned to face Amu. “You looked up my skirt right?”

That damn smirk of his had beaten her to it. And he acted like nothing had happened at all. What could she say to that?

“No! Why would I do something like that?!” Amu said with arms crossed, quickly turning away as if to not show the blush that had appeared on her face.

Meanwhile, Yoru was sitting on the branch of a nearby tree, gleefully watching the whole scene in relative safety. Surprisingly, the practical joke had gone off without a hitch, and now he knew that it really was possible: a Character Transformation with a chara of the opposite gender.

"See you later pervy kid!"

"Ikuto!"

Lying back on the branch, the cat-chara closed his eyes and smiled at the thought of all the possibilities. What would happen if that ‘Kiddy King’ was forced to chara-nari with...hmm, say, one of Utau’s chara’s? Or Amu with Kiseki? Ikuto with Miki even? Yep, so many possibilities...

“Yoru!”

Then again, they say curiosity killed the cat right?

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Let me know what you think! Positive feedback always appreciated. Please no flames, and I'm not bashing Ikuto. This was all done in the name of fun!

Summary: Sequel to “Practical Joking”. After the success of his practical joke on Ikuto, Yoru is out and about willing to victimise more people and charas with his tactical ‘prank’. His targets this time: Tadase and a certain chara who wants nothing more than to clean the Royal Garden...

Inspiration: The story “Practical Joking” (if you have not read it I suggest that you do please. You don’t need to read it to get this, but it’s good for a laugh) and my first ever drawing of Tadase (which was inspired by Episode 57. It's on my profile somewhere...)

Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara or anything related to it

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More Practical Joking

A Shugo Chara Oneshot

Written by: Mysterious Angel Girl/aimzstar24

Contains: Some Tadamu and a bit of Amuto if you squint

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“Tadase...tell me why did you offer to clean up after everyone’s mess?”

Tadase sighed at his chara’s words. “I’m not exactly cleaning up. I’m preparing for the Guardian’s meeting, so when everyone comes back we can begin.”

The two were heading towards the Royal Garden, where they were to have a Guardian meeting. However, Yaya had insisted that they should get some ice-cream as a reward, so everyone decided to go over to get some. Tadase decided to stay back however, so he could organize everything for their usual gathering.

“A true king wouldn’t clean up after other people’s messes and mistakes!” Kiseki pointed out in his own egotistical way, but Tadase just shook his head. Sometimes he wondered if his chara even knew the meaning of kindness, because if he did he sure had a funny way of showing it.

The two continued to walk in silence towards the garden, with Tadase thinking about what he has to do once he gets there. It was a simple task, nothing more than organising the topics to discuss at the meeting. It wasn’t that hard to do.

Then again, he doesn’t know what he is in for does he?

Meanwhile, while the King’s chair of the Guardians was heading towards the Royal Garden, a certain cat-chara watched on from a nearby tree, a bored look on his face. Running off from Ikuto was starting to become repetitive and uninteresting, with nothing but the same old same old happening every time. Sure, he could go follow Amu and the rest of the Guardians on their quest for ice-cream, but he had a feeling that Ikuto would ‘coincidently’ be there to tease the Joker anyway. Annoying the charas didn’t seem like his thing today either.

Thoughts about his owner got Yoru thinking about that character-transformation Ikuto performed with Ran, with maybe a little- ok, a lot of help from him. Now that was a funny prank. Now that he thought about it, perhaps he could do that again, only with someone else? But with who?

Looking down at Tadase again, Yoru finally decided what he could do to pass the time. His eyes lighting up with anticipation, he started to come up with a plan.

However, the big question that stood out was how was he going to pull it off? Yoru had a feeling that Kiseki wouldn’t allow someone like him near his owner. He was seen as a ‘thieving cat’ for crying out loud! It obviously would be a hard task to character transform with him. But then again, since when had that ever stopped him? He still pushed that aside as a plan B, if all else fails.

But it was looking like he was going to fail before he even began. Now floating aimlessly around the Guardian’s meeting area, Yoru was contemplating giving up, that is, until he looked inside and saw someone familiar, yet unexpected: Suu. What’s she doing here? But once he saw her, the cat-chara knew that not all hope for this prank was lost.

Suu smiled to herself as she pushed her vacuum cleaner across the surface of the table she was standing on. Being the nice chara she was, she noticed how the room was quite dirty, and asked if she could stay behind to clean it. Amu didn’t seem to mind, so the chara excitedly got her cleaning utensils and products ready. Now, she was happily providing maintenance to the Royal Garden, knowing that it would look so nice and clean when she was done with it.

Yoru, who was watching Suu hum a little tune as she worked, had a feeling that his bad-boy attitude wouldn’t work on this ladylike chara, but he may as well try anyway. Smirking at the thought of his plan, he flew into the room.

“Yo, nya!”

Suu, who had been immersed in her work, was surprised to hear another chara in the area. She looked up, only to see Ikuto’s chara. “Oh, hello Yoru-san desu” she said politely as she turned off the vacuum. “What brings you here?”

He may as well just get straight to the details. “Well, you see, I was wondering if you could do me a favour nya...”

“Suu’s busy cleaning desu. I’m sorry, but I need to get this done before Amu-chan comes back.”

Yoru had a funny feeling that Amu had her hands full with Ikuto’s presence at the ice-cream parlour right about now. Knowing that she will probably be delayed for some time, he tried again. “It won’t take long. I was just wondering if you would let me nudge you towards a certain someone-

“Sorry for interrupting, but do you mean like when you pushed Ran into chara-nari with Ikuto? That wasn’t very nice desu.” Suu crossed her little arms over her chest.

“C’mon! That was funny!”

...

“Why don’t you do it then hm?”

Yoru didn’t know how to answer that question. But he wasn’t ready to give up yet. He decided to drop the topic for now. “Say...it’s a bit dusty in here isn’t it?” he said as he wandered over to a window which had a coating of dust on it. He pressed his paw on it, creating a paw-print in the dust. Seeing how it looked fun, he continued to put paw-print shapes in the dust.

“Please don’t do that desu! Suu might have more to clean up, and then I’ll never get this done!”

Suu’s words suddenly gave Yoru an idea...

“Isn’t there something else you could do? You could make the room even dirtier...” Suu said as she brushed a feather duster over a patch of dust on the window.

Yoru floated closer to the maid-like chara. “You said you want to clean this place up faster? I know something that can help you...” and he leaned in to whisper the answer to her.

Suu nodded along, curious as to how this would work. “Yes...yes...well, if it gets the cleaning done desu...”

Sometime later, Tadase and Kiseki finally arrived at the garden, only to find Suu there, cleaning away as usual. Yoru was nowhere in sight, nor was there any evidence that he’d been there.

“Commoner! What are you doing here?! Shouldn’t you be with the others!?” Kiseki demanded. Tadase gave his chara a warning look, but it was ignored. Suu, ignoring Kiseki, looked up from her work and floated up to Tadase, ditching her vacuum cleaner. “Suu’s sorry to do this, but it needs to be done...”

Tadase tilted his head a little to the side, confused as to what the chara was going to do. Kiseki was just as confused. “What are you talking about?!”

Let’s see... how do I do this? Suu thought. Then it came to her. In total Eru-style, the green-themed chara proclaimed the following words:

“Tadase-kun’s heart, unlock!”

“W-what?!” Tadase said before he was swallowed up in a growing patch of green light which had appeared.

One fancy character transformation sequence later...

“Chara-Nari! Royal Housemaid!”

Once the bright light had dimed away into nonexistence, Tadase looked down at his new outfit. The gown consisted of an emerald-green dress that ended just over knee length, falling over a white petticoat of roughly the same length as the dress. Over the dress was a short (frilly) white apron, held in placed by a giant flowing white bow clipped on at the back. And as if to accent the white knee-high socks and green maid shoes, he was holding what looked like a golden-handled feather duster.

But probably the most humiliating features about this outfit was the fact that the majority of it was frilly. Not over the top frilly, but it still had lacy components, like the sleeves.

“Not again...” Tadase sighed to himself as he felt a maid’s headpiece (which seemed to reassemble a small crown) on his head. He wasn’t really caring about the frills that much, as he was already used to it from his chara-nari with Kiseki, but really, how many times must he get forcibly put in dresses and skirts?

“Tadase!” Kiseki exclaimed. He floated over to his owner. “Commoner! I demand that you cease your chara-nari this instant! That is an order!” He said this as if he were speaking to Suu. For once, Tadase decided not to glare at his chara for being his requesting self. This time, he had a point to it.

But before anything else could be said, the sneaky Yoru floated up to Kiseki and tapped him on the shoulder. Kiseki turned around, only to be greeted with a “Yo, nya!”

“Yoru!” Tadase and Kiseki both exclaimed.

“That’s my name nya!” Yoru said with a grin.

If Yoru’s around, then that must mean- “Tsukiyomi Ikuto. Come out you thieving cat!” Then Tadase seemed to remember his current dilemma. Startled, he blushed a tinge of red as he flattened his skirt down a bit. “I-I mean-

“Don’t worry. He’s not here nya. It’s just me,” Yoru confirmed. He smirked again, letting his eyes drift to the glaring Tadase then back at Kiseki. Now is probably my time to go, before I let the laughter get the better of me! He thought. Then, in one swift movement, he flew up and took Kiseki’s crown.

“Hey!” Kiseki was completely taken by surprise.

With a smile, the cat-chara placed the crown on his head and flew towards the exit and out of the Royal Garden, leading an annoyed Kiseki out of the garden with him.

“Come back here, you thieving cat!”

“Kiseki!” Tadase, still in his chara-nari with Suu, started to follow him out, but was stopped short by force. “Why-why can’t I move?”

“I’m sorry, but there is a lot of cleaning to do desu! We must get to work before Amu-chan gets back!” A gleeful Suu said from inside Tadase (that didn’t sound right did it? Oh well). Then, Tadase’s arm, the one which held the feather-duster, seemed to rise on its own. Tadase knew it was useless to control it; it was under Suu’s control now.

“Let’s get to work then!”

Meanwhile, unaware of their friend’s situation, the rest of the Guardians and even Kukai were heading back to the garden after buying their ice-creams. Of course, they were a bit delayed as Ikuto had been ‘bothering’ Amu again, but hopefully Tadase wouldn’t mind their lateness. Amu happily chatted with her friends, while her charas played with the other charas. She had two ice-creams in her hand, one chocolate one for her, and a vanilla one (which Ikuto tried to use his teasing techniques on her with. The thought of that incident was enough to make a faint blush appear on Amu’s cheeks) for Tadase.

However, when they got back, they were met with a strange sight; a very strange sight.

And what was that sight? Why, it was Tadase, standing on a stool dusting the window, dressed up in a maid’s attire! That alone was surprising enough that Amu nearly dropped her ice-cream cones.

However, since Tadase was facing the back of the room, he didn’t see anyone enter. However, he heard the footsteps, and immediately froze at the sound. Dreading knowing who had entered the room, he turned around slowly, only to face the Guardians dumbfounded faces, particularly Amu’s.

“H-Hinamori-san!” was all he could stammer in embarrassment, before Suu pulled him back into cleaning again.

Rima leaned over to whisper in Amu’s ear. “How many times is this now? Number three?” while Kusukusu giggled at both at the sight and Rima’s comment. Amu didn’t move or react to Rima’s question; she and her charas were completely stunned, only mumbling “eh...?” at one point. Kukai and Nagihiko on the other hand were both thinking back to the last incident involving something like this, both the skirt one and that guy who forced them to wear cute clothes. They both shuddered at that thought.

“Oh my god! He’s wearing a cute maid’s outfit!” Yaya decided to break the tension by stating the obvious. She pulled out her mobile phone, ready to take some photo’s, but Amu stopped her. “Aw, Amu-chi! I wasn’t going to show anyone else!” Yaya complained.

“Clean, clean clean! The room will be clean...Chip, syrup, whip cream!” chirped Suu’s sugary sweet voice as poor Tadase began to move around the room and dusting different areas uncontrollably. He threw a desperate look at his friends. He didn’t know what to say or do to make her stop!

“Well, it looks like Suu’s enjoying herself!” Kukai laughed light-heartedly. He had obviously figured out what was going on. His words seemed to finally trigger Amu’s voice. “Suu! End the chara-nari immediately!”

“But I can’t desu! I haven’t finished cleaning yet!”

At long last, Tadase felt his arm stop moving, which meant that Suu was finished with cleaning. What a relief... he thought. That is, until Suu declared, “This room needs a nice smell to it desu!”

“Suu!” Ran and Miki said, but to no effect. She wasn’t going to was she?

Oh, yes she was!

“Royal... Refreshener!”

At first, no one noticed anything except Tadase standing in the middle of the room with the feather duster raised over his head overdramatically. Not to mention the fact that he had just performed some sort of attack. What did it do? they thought. That is, until they sniffed the air.

“Suu!”

“Oops! I think something went amiss! Sorry desu!”

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“Suu! Why did you do that?”

“I was only trying to help desu!”

“Yeah, but now the Royal Garden smells like rotten fish!”

It was true. Due to the unbearable smell the attack had given off but wasn’t supposed to, they decided to move the meeting to outside for today. Luckily for Tadase, it was then that Suu finally ended the character transformation, leaving him quite embarrassed. Why is it that he was always the one to be involved in some sort of situation involving a skirt or dress?

“It wasn’t Suu’s fault desu! Yoru-san said it was a faster way of cleaning!”

“Yoru?” Amu said questionably. “What was he doing here?!” Ran and Miki turned to face each other at the same time, both thinking the same and similar reason as to why he was there; practical joking. He was doing that chara-nari by force thing again, like last time. Miki blushed slightly at the thought. Why did she have to mention her curiosity of that matter in that past conversation? It was because of her that he was pulling these pranks, but she wasn’t going to admit that to anyone. She quickly turned away before Ran noticed.

After that talk, Suu floated over from her owner to Tadase, an apology ready. Amu, who had been some way away so she could talk to her chara in private, followed her and sat down on the grass with her friends.

“Suu is very sorry desu...” the little chara said. She felt really awful for what had happened. She didn’t mean to cause such embarrassment. All she wanted was to clean the Royal Garden.

Tadase gave her a small forgiving smile. He was still a bit uncomfortable about the whole incident, but luckily no one had mentioned it. “It’s ok. I understand that you were only trying to help right?”

Tadase-kun... then Amu seemed to remember the ice-cream! It’s probably all melted now! But when she found hers and his, they looked like it hadn’t softened at all. She let her eyes shift to Suu. This better not be poisonous... she thought, as she had a feeling it was the maid chara’s doing.

“Um, Tadase-kun...” Amu trailed off, aware that a small blush was creeping up slowly. Couldn’t she talk to him without having fear of an attack of the stammers?

“Yes, Hinamori-san?”

“I...I got you some ice-cream as well. You like vanilla right?” she was thinking about the last incident that involved ice-cream...which had involved Ikuto as well.

While Amu wasn’t aware of it, Tadase felt his own blush come to his cheeks. He gave her a kind smile. “Yes...I do. Thank you, Hinamori-san.”

Amu felt her own blush deepening a bit more. To quickly hide it, she switched into her 'Cool and Spicy' mode. "Well, it was no big deal or anything!" Yes it was! I thought of you when I bought it Tadase-kun!

And so the two Guardians ate their ice-cream happily, without any more mention of the forced chara-nari with Suu. For now at least...

“What’s with this atmosphere again?!” Yaya commented on the um... romantic type background behind her. Rima, Nagihiko and Kukai were all standing in the background. “Well, isn’t it obvious?”

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Meanwhile, Yoru was hiding behind a tree, fiddling with Kiseki’s crown in his paw-like hands. He had another gleeful look on his face; he couldn’t believe it worked again! Ikuto with Ran was one thing, but Tadase and Suu’s character transformation was priceless! He couldn’t believe he convinced her to try it out by saying it would get the room cleaner! Of course, he would go back to see what happened after he left, but he didn’t want to risk it. Now, he couldn’t wait to try out another one, but who could be the next victim? Hmmm...

“Come back here you thieving cat!”

He had been found out. Damn. But instead of surrendering, Yoru simply placed the crown on his head, stuck out his tongue and flew off with Kiseki still chasing after him. Sure, he was probably going to get killed for this, but it didn’t matter. At least this cat had nine lives, or maybe eight by the time he goes back to Ikuto!

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No, I’m not bashing Tadase (but I’m evil enough to give him his own attack with Suu hehe). This was done for fun of course, after seeing that I wanted to write another one of these. I like hearing requests, so feel free to suggest some chara-nari’s, preferably opposite gender ones like I’ve written cause they’re funnier. If you would like to see Tadase in his chara-naried maid outfit (edited slightly for this story), then head to my profile. Thank you for reading this, and please let me know what you think!

Summary: Sequel to “Practical Joking” and “More Practical Joking”. Set after ‘More Practical Joking’. After the latest incident, Amu’s charas plot to get Yoru back for the sinister chara-nari related practical jokes he has played on them. Too bad the plan backfires...and leaves Amu in her own embarrassing situation!

Inspiration: Well, after the first two, I just had to have one more to round it all up! And maybe it had something to do with that picture I drew of Ikuto in chara-nari with Kiseki (you can see where this is going...)

Author’s note: Since there is going to be so much going on, I’m just going to use honorific’s when I know that character uses them (for example, I know Tadase calls Amu ‘Hinamori-san’), so if I get someone’s use of honorific’s wrong, just ignore it. And if there’s OOCness, it’s supposed to be there. Like I’ve said, this is total randomness.

Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara or anything related to it...


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Practical Joking: The Last Laugh

A Shugo Chara Oneshot that is the third instalment in the ‘Practical Joking’ series

Written by: Mysterious Angel Girl/aimzstar24

Contains: Total randomness, and that includes pairing moments. Try to find them all. But what else you can find here...well, Kukai in a dress? Tadase can use arrows? And Ikuto wearing those puffy pants (you know which ones)? Rest assured, it’s all here...

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It was midnight; all was quiet in the Hinamori household, as everyone inside was asleep soundly in their warm cosy beds. However, the only beings still awake at this time of night were Amu’s three chara’s, who had all gathered in one corner of the room to talk. The topic? Well...

“Ok, enough is enough! He’s getting payback for what he’s done to us!” Ran declared. It seems that they are talking about the one thing that’s been a nuisance with his practical jokes: Yoru. The cat-like chara had been causing nothing but trouble lately, and Amu’s charas agreed that it was high time that he be taught a lesson.

“Suu had to use Tadase-kun as a cleaning tool desu...” Suu said a little sadly. She was still feeling awful about that particular incident, where Yoru had convinced her that a chara-nari with Tadase would get the Royal Garden in shipshape faster. Of course, that event had ended in disaster, resulting in the Royal Garden smelling like expired seafood.

“What about me? I was unwillingly pushed into Ikuto and-

However, the pink chara, whose voice was getting increasingly louder with each word spoken, was cut off by Miki’s hand over her mouth. Miki turned to face Ran and put a finger to her lips. “Shhh... could you be any louder? We don’t want to wake up Amu-chan.”

At that, the three charas turned to look at their owner, who was sleeping contently in her bed, muttering inaudible words every now and then. Miki managed to catch a little of her owner’s speech.

“Ah, so she’s dreaming of Ikuto again huh?” Miki said with a little smirk. Not that she was dreaming of a certain cat herself...

“Looks like it... but really, what are we going to do?” Ran said, quickly bringing the conversation back on topic.

Suu placed a small finger to her chin in deep thought. “Hmmm...Well, we could do the same thing back to him, but I’m not sure if that is right desu...”

Suu’s idea seemed to click for Ran. Her eyes alight with anticipation, she declared, “That’s it! We can force him into a chara-nari; give him a taste of his own medicine!”

“...”

“But... how are we going to catch him?”

“...”

“You know I haven’t been targeted yet right?” Miki couldn’t help but feel a little smug at that. Unlike her sisters, she hadn’t been forced into a chara-nari with anyone yet. At this, Ran turned to glare at Miki. She was one of the lucky ones.

“Are you still gonna help though?” Ran asked.

Miki shrugged. “Why not?”

Ran motioned her sisters into a huddle. “Now, this is what we’re gonna do...”

“...don’t forget this...”

“...will it work?”

“...cats love fish after all desu...”

…

“...Perfect!”

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But of course, not everything always goes according to plan.

It had begun as an ordinary day. The usual waking up to her sister’s voice, having the usual breakfast, followed by stressing out on what to wear to the Guardian’s meeting at the park. She normally wouldn’t worry about that last part, but if a Guardian’s meeting was concerned, then of course she would worry. She wanted to impress Tadase-kun of course!

But now that she and the Guardians were at the park, not once did Amu expect it to turn out like this.

“I won’t forgive you for what you have done Tsukiyomi Ikuto!”

“What did I do this time? If it’s something Yoru did-”

“Holy Crown!”

...

“You know, you need more attacks that actually do damage!”

Then again, what were the odds that Ikuto just happened to be passing by at that exact moment? Amu sighed. There was no point in trying to intervene, considering the last time this had happened. Instead, she turned away and started a conversation with Rima and Yaya, who were also ignoring the spontaneous battle and were eating the contents of the picnic basket instead. Nagihiko and Kukai, who had been passing by earlier and decided to join them, were watching the action and giving pointless commentary.

“And Ikuto dodges Tadase’s attack with ease!”

“But wait! What’s this?”

...

“And it looks like Ikuto’s character change has just ended for unknown reasons! Does this mean that Tadase has gained the upper hand?”

“Who knows Kukai? Who knows...”

And as for the charas, they were all floating in a small group nearby, away from all the action. They had even stolen some of the food and were having their own little meeting in one of the cherry blossom trees. Even Utau’s charas, who had escaped from their owner for a while, had joined them. However, Amu’s charas were nowhere to be seen. Where could they be?

Meanwhile, in another more secluded area of the park, Ran grinned mischievously, while Suu was looking a bit doubtful.

“Are you sure we’ve got him desu?”

“Of course! Miki’s trap has worked! Let’s go get him and proceed with part two of the plan!”

The two charas floated towards the small box and grabbed hold of the small handles on the top of it. After making sure that the lid was locked tightly and securely, they then flew off back to the main area of the park, taking the trapped Yoru with them.

“Sorry Yoru-san, but it’s for the best desu...” Suu said.

“What are you guys doing nya?!”

“Just giving back what you rightfully deserve,” Ran said. After Miki had disappeared to who knows where after creating the trap, Ran and Suu waited behind a bush until Yoru appeared. Just as expected, the cat-chara was attracted away from the Ikuto and Tadase battle to the fish in the box, and had entered it. However, before he could leave, the box’s lid shut and locked, preventing Yoru from leaving. Now he was stuck in there, not knowing what Amu’s charas were going to do to him. He had a feeling it had something to do with the jokes he had been doing on them lately that had provoked them to do this. But despite his current situation, Yoru grinned. The jokes had been worth it. And at least he had his fish.

“Let’s see how you like a random chara-nari now!” Ran said, clearly remembering the time when Yoru had pushed her into a character transformation with his owner. The plan was going perfectly; now all they had to do was find a target for part two of plan ‘Get Yoru back for the practical jokes’.

But then the unthinkable happened: the lock on the lid gave way, causing Yoru to slip out of the box. He didn’t take notice of the two charas’ reactions; as he fell, he managed to catch a fast-approaching blur of pink in his vision. Assuming it was who he thought it was, Yoru managed to call out the following words: “Amu’s Heart, unlock!”

Yaya looked up to the sound of the voice she just heard. “Hey Amu-chi, isn’t that Ikuto’s chara falling from the sky?” she said while innocently pointing upwards. However, Amu barely had enough time to look up herself before she was swallowed up by the black light emitting from the Humpty Lock.

“Hinamori-san!”

“Amu!” The presence of the black light had distracted Ikuto and Tadase from their battle, and now they were both wondering what was going on.

“Amu-chan!” her charas said from above.

One pointless character transformation sequence later...

“Chara-nari! Amulet Neko!”

“Ah well, at least the plan worked desu...” Suu said, trying to make light of the situation.

“Yes, but for all the wrong reasons...” was all Ran could say in reply.

Amu on the other hand, was in complete shock. One second she had been happily chatting with her friends, the next she was standing in a completely different outfit, in a chara-nari with a chara not of her own. Instead of the clothes she had picked out this morning, she was now clad in a black crop top that showed off her midriff with a matching pair of leather pants. On her feet she wore a pair of matching boots. Her near-nonexistent fingernails had stretched out into sharp claws. Two bubblegum-pink cat ears were visible from her hair along with a matching tail and to complete the look, a cat bell collar was around her neck, as well as the Humpty Lock.

The occurrence of this surprising character transformation caused everyone’s eyes to be on her. Ikuto smirked, while Tadase felt a faint blush developing. Apart from Amulet Heart, he had never seen his friend in such a revealing and tight-fitting outfit before.

“N-Nani?! What happened?! Yoru!” Amu managed to say, a blush spreading across her face rapidly.

Yoru laughed. “It worked nya!”

And at that moment, the other charas floated back into the area. Iru in particular, took notice to what just happened.

“That looks like fun!” Iru said with a snicker. Without another thought, the little devil-like chara broke off from the group of charas and headed towards the nearest person: Yaya.

And in the blink of an eye, Yaya became...

“Chara-nari! Demonic Baby!”

...which is pretty much the same as Dear Baby, except the tones were much more darker and, well, demonic-looking. Yaya, seemingly under the devil chara’s complete control, smirked at the nearest target: Kiseki. With a grin, she pointed towards him and shouted:

“Go go! My Demonic Duckies!”

A swarm of red ducks, complete with devil horns, headed towards Kiseki. The king chara didn’t notice at first, as he had been too busy helping his owner fight Ikuto. However, when he finally saw them, he unwillingly cancelled Tadase’s chara-change and flew away. But escape was futile; everywhere he went, the ducks would follow.

“Don’t just stand there! Help me my loyal subjects!” Kiseki demanded, but it looked like nobody was willing to help him. It was too funny watching him being chased by evil ducks.

“Looks like there’s only one way out of this...” he muttered to himself as he found himself heading towards Ikuto. He couldn’t believe he was going to do this, but... “Tsukiyomi Ikuto’s heart, unlock!”

Ikuto on the other hand, didn’t notice until it was too late.

Yet another pointless character transformation sequence later...

“Chara-nari! Reluctant Royal!”

“Reluctant Royal?” Ikuto said, disbelief evident in his voice. What he was currently wearing resembled something Kiseki might wear; a button-down shirt, dark blue puffy pants, little golden crown on his head, and to complete the look, a red cape with white fur trim. And let’s not forget the sceptre in his hand.

The tension was broken by Tadase’s laughter on the sidelines. Ikuto, without bothering to turn around, simply said, “Well, at least it’s not frilly like yours, Tadase...”

That shut him up.

“And let’s not forget your chara-nari with Suu.” Ikuto added with a smirk.

“H-how do you know about that?!” Tadase said, blushing furiously. That was the whole reason he was fighting him in the first place. He thought Ikuto had sent his chara to do his dirty work, but it didn’t occur to him that Yoru would actually tell his owner exactly what had happened!

“How dare you insult our character transformation!” Kiseki said angrily. He obviously hates it when everyone rags on about how frilly and girly-looking the Platinum Royale transformation is. Some people forget that charas have feelings too!

Too bad Tadase didn’t notice a certain angel-like chara sneak up behind him. Hands in the ‘heart unlock’ position, Eru skilfully said as she moved towards the oblivious blonde, “Tadase-kun’s heart unlock!”

And a moment later...

“Chara-nari! Angelic Guardian!”

...was born.

“Again?!” Tadase looked down at his outfit. Much to his disappointment, he was once again in a dress. This one was a light shade of pink and reached down to just above his ankles, and it seemed to shimmer and shine as the sunlight hit it. A small pair of angel wings was on his back, and to top it off, he even had a halo. Tadase avoided Amu’s eyes; this was almost as bad as the Suu chara-nari.

Ah well, at least it wasn’t frilly for once.

“‘Angelic Guardian’? That’s a laugh!” Ikuto said with a little snigger.

“Shut up!”

Ikuto held up the sceptre lazily, a bored expression on his face. “So... what am I supposed to do with this, ‘Holy Crown’ you with it or something?”

Meanwhile with the others, it seemed that Ikuto and Tadase weren’t the only ones trying out their new chara-nari’s. Amu was wondering what her attack was, along with where the hell her charas were at a time like this. And how embarrassing, walking around with such a revealing outfit such as this one in front of Tadase-kun and Ikuto! She just wanted to crawl into a hole and die!

But she had to admit, it was kind of fun transforming with a chara other than her own. But why so unexpectedly?!

Amu looked to Yaya, who had collapsed into a deep sleep on the grass shortly after Iru ceased her chara-nari with her. It seemed that that one transformation had drained all the energy out of the girl.

“Damnit Yoru...” Amu muttered to herself.

“Hey! It wasn’t my fault! Blame your charas nya!” Yoru said in reply.

“Chara-nari! Sport Star!” Daichi was feeling full of energy, so he transformed with Rima.

“Ironic, since I suck at sports...” Rima said unemotionally. She didn’t pay much attention to her current outfit; what was the point? (sorry, use your imaginations for this one)

“C’mon Rima! It’s not so bad!” Kusukusu said, trying to make light of the situation. Rima would’ve felt better, that is until she heard someone else’s laughter. In fact, it was coming from Nagihiko.

“Why are you laughing!? This isn’t comedy!” Rima demanded.

“But like you said, it’s ironic.” Nagi said with a little grin.

Meanwhile, with Ran and Suu...

“Well, I guess it doesn’t seem so bad after all.” Ran said with a shrug. And looking down at all the commotion below, the maid-like chara floating next to her could only nod in agreement.

“It looks like fun this time desu! Suu might try it again!” Suu said.

And with that, Ran flew towards Kukai. A moment later, he became...

“Chara-nari! Heartful Cheerleader!”

“‘Heartful Cheerleader’? I never asked for this!” Kukai said, clearly remembering the cute-guy incident again. In a flash of pink sparkles, he was now wearing what looked to be a pink-and-white pleated dress, complete with tennis sneakers and a set of pink pom-poms. Unfortunately for him, the dress just happened to have heart designs peppered all over it, and he even had an assortment of heart clips in his hair.

And then Utau showed up for her charas, and saw the entire ruckus unfolding in front of her.

“What the?! Kukai, what are you wearing?!”

And then Suu knew who she could transform with.

“Utau-chan’s heart, unlock!”

“Chara-nari! Clover Charm!”

Utau looked down at her new outfit, which was much like Seraphic Charm’s dress, except it was a light shade of green, and it had a neat pattern of clovers running along the hem. Her hair was held up in pigtails by two green bows, and a maid’s headdress was nestled comfortably on her head. An apron covered the front of the dress. And to complete the look, she was holding what looked like a serving tray.

“What’s this?”

“A chara-nari with me, Suu desu!” Suu said cheerfully.

“What about me?!” Nagihiko said, now feeling a bit left out amongst the craziness happening all around him.

That is, until Kusukusu appeared beside him, ready for a character transformation of her own.

And that’s what happened.

“Chara-nari! Comedic Fail!”

“Bala-balance!” However, Nagihiko ended up tripping on his baggy clown pants, causing him to over balance and fall over. Rima couldn’t help but laugh at that.

And thus, all went wild.

“Ooh, kitten’s got claws.”

“Shut up Ikuto, otherwise I’ll attack you again!”

“Me-ow!” Ikuto taunted.

“Leave Hinamori-san alone!” Tadase said. Without warning, a white line of sparkling energy materialized and arched in one of Tadase’s hands to form a bow, while a glowing white arrow appeared in the other. As if on autopilot, he set the arrow in the bow, held it up in an overdramatic fashion, and let the arrow fly in an explosion of sparkles, proclaiming before he fired, “Angelic... Arrows!”

Ikuto quickly sidestepped out of the way of the oncoming arrow, and swiped another one away with his sceptre. “I would attack back Tadase, but your stubborn chara won’t tell me what our attack is!”

“I can’t believe I even did this in the first place!” Kiseki said before cancelling the character transformation with Ikuto. “Transforming with the enemy...it’s uncalled for!”

“That was a bit dramatic wasn’t it Eru?”

“The hero always has to be dramatic!” the angel-like chara said in reply.

“He has better attacks with Eru than she did with me...”

“Weee! This is fun!” Kusukusu said with a chuckle.

“Ahhh!” Nagihiko said as he performed another failure at comedy.

“Watch where you’re throwing that tray Utau!”

“Cookie Cutter!” Utau said as she flung the razor-sharp serving dish through the air, accidentally cutting through a branch off a tree.

“It’s not supposed to be used like that desu!”

“C’mon Yaya! Get up! You can do it!” However, despite Kukai’s over-the-top encouragement and cheer routines, Yaya continued to sleep. She was drained from her short transformation with Iru after all.

The charas that were no longer participating were floating nearby; close to the action, but not too close. Iru, Pepe, Kiseki and Miki were there, Miki having come back from whatever she had been doing earlier. However, they didn’t seem to notice Ran and Suu remerge from their chara-nari chaos. And when Ran saw her artistic sister, she knew what she could do.

“Oh, Suu doesn’t like this desu...” Suu said when she saw the sneaky grin on Ran’s face as she floated up behind Miki.

“What do you think of all this Pepe?” Miki asked as she pulled out her notebook, ready to sketch the entire scene in front of her. She had to admit, she didn’t mind the festivities one bit. They were actually quite funny from what she heard. She only wished she had been here to see Kiseki’s transformation with Ikuto, which he now refused to talk about. But it was all worth it; because of her departure after making the trap, her sisters would never know that she had tampered with the box so Yoru could escape.

However, before the baby-like chara could answer, Miki was suddenly pushed in the back by Ran, causing her to fall forward. The charas watched with curiosity as Miki flew through the air, towards an unsuspecting Ikuto. It was only then that Miki saw her opportunity.

“Ikuto’s heart, unlock!”

“Not again...” Ikuto managed to mutter just as he was swallowed up by the blue light.

One- you guessed it!- character transformation sequence later…

“Chara-Nari! Ikuto Spade!”

Now it was everyone’s turn to look at Ikuto, who was now wearing Amulet Spade’s entire attire; from the beret with the spade clip right down to the striped socks. Amu’s eyes widened at the sight, and an awkward silence filled the air.

“I-Ikuto?” Amu said, clearly remembering the Amulet Heart event again. She stifled the urge to laugh; this was almost as funny as last time.

“‘Ikuto Spade’? Aren’t you supposed to be the creative chara Miki?” Ikuto said, handling the situation with his famous smirk. At least he wasn’t wearing a short skirt this time around. But before he could say or do anything else, he saw Yoru cancel Amu’s chara-nari with him. His eyes narrowed at the sight of his chara, which caused everyone else to stare at the little cat as well.

“Yoru! You’re behind all this aren’t you!?”

Yoru on the other hand, just grinned and floated away before anyone could strangle him.

“Come back here!” Ikuto said, strangely channelling Miki’s inner woman. Suddenly, a giant paintbrush, much like Amulet Spade’s, appeared in his hands. He held it up in one hand, and took aim. “Giant Paintbrush Attack!”

Without knowing it, Ikuto threw the object like a javelin at his chara. Too bad he missed; majorly. The paintbrush went soaring through the air, and landed harmlessly a few metres away.

“What the hell Miki?!”

“Creative attack huh?” Miki said coolly and perhaps a little sheepishly as well. But inside she was grinning; at last she had gotten the chance to annoy someone of her own with a surprise chara-nari, and it was even funnier that she transformed with Ikuto.

“Spiral Heart!”

“White Decoration!”

“Tightrope Dancer!”

“Nightmare Lorelei!”

But despite being back in their proper character transformations, everyone’s attacks managed to miss the escaping cat-chara. It wasn’t long before Yoru became nothing but a small dot in the distance; one that wasn’t worth aiming for.

Everyone that was in a character transformation quickly dropped them, and the talking immediately started.

“So it was him that was behind this all along!”

“I hold no responsibility for my chara’s actions...”

“I guess so. But you’ve got to admit, it was fun while it lasted.”

“What a crazy afternoon...”

“I agree...”

“Meeting adjourned!”

Once he was sure he had gotten away, Yoru floated down to a nearby tree, still laughing at the craziness that he had caused. His practical joking was definitely a success. Who knew it would become this popular? And it was all because of an impromptu chance to transform with Amu. The possibilities that had resulted when everyone else had transformed with the others had been the best part of it all. But he couldn’t help but wonder, what would happen if one could chara-nari with two charas?

But alas, that would have to wait for another day. Now, he needed a catnap.

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Ran, on the other hand, couldn’t resist doing it one more time...

One character transformation sequence later...

“Victory Cheer! Wooooo!!!” Kukai said, while waving his pom-poms around crazily. This however, caused everyone’s eyes to be focused on him, eyebrows raised.

“What?”
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Well, there you have it! The last of the ‘Practical Joking’ series ends with a few laughs and a few random character transformations. I must admit, this turned out pretty funny if I say so myself. In fact, this is probably the most random thing I’ve ever written. Ah well, I guess that’s what happens when you’re in a writing mood at midnight on a Saturday night...


But just because this series is finished doesn’t mean I might not type up more random ones. I don’t know yet. But thank you for reading them, and don’t forget to leave a review on your way out please! And the usual applies: if you want to see the pictures involved (namely Ikuto’s chara-nari with Kiseki), check them out on my profile