Shugo Chara! 20

Cover Quote

Who is the self that you want to be?
Can you find your Shugo-Chara, too?

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Tadase; Well...we have decided on the replanting of the garden, so let's call it a day.
Also, there is no Guardian meeting tomorrow.
Good work today.

Rima; (rise)

Amu; Pff...ha ha ha!
What is this, it's the best!

Yaya; See, it's so funny!

(comic); "Beetle Comics" "Gag Manga Paddishah ③ {3}"

Kairi; Hmm, a gag manga...?

Tadase; Oh, I've seen this. It's popular right now.

(comic); "Scattercatterezzz!!"

Yaya; All the people in my class read this! The gag "Scatterzzz" is so funny!

Rima; You mean "Scattercatterezzz."

Yaya; Oh? You've read this, Rima-tan?

Rima; (Oh)
No, not like I do.

Amu; Oh...hm? E-mailing one of your servants?

(cell); (click click)

Rima; ...No, to mom...
The meeting ended early...
So I'll have to be picked up earlier.

Amu; Picked up!?

Yaya; Is your family really rich, Rima-tan!?

Rima; No.
Normal.

Yaya; Oh yeah, Rima-tan,
I'll lend it to you, if you haven't read it yet.
"Gag Manga Paddishah."

(comic); "Gag Manga Paddishah"

Rima; (stop)

Yaya; It's so funny! They go like this, and
They say, "Scatterzzz"...

Rima; (glare) It's "Scattercatterezzz!"

(Guardians); (sti...ll)

Rima; (snap)

Yaya; Hey, Rima-tan?

Rima; (dash!)

Amu; What was that about...?

Kusukusu; We were about to Chara-Change!
That was close, so close!

*scene change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Class President); Be quiet,
Be quiet!

(Class); (chatter chatter)

(Class President); Just because the teacher isn't here, that doesn't mean you get to talk!
For today's class disscussion-

(Girl A); President!
I can't see the board because of those boys!

(Girls); (boo, boo)

(Boy A); Here is the towel, Rima-sama.

(Boy B); Have some herb tea.

Rima; It's unavoidable, my seat is in the front.

(Boy B); As her highness says!

(Girl A); You guys are so irratating!

(Boy B); Do not speak that way to Rima-sama!

(Girl A); Don't tell me that!

(Class President); Everyone!
Please listen...

Amu; They never get tired of this.

Su; What havoc...

El; What disorder!
I can't stand it! We shall bring order to these people!!

(Girl B); You guys go back!

(Boy C); No way!

(Class President); Hey, everybody, you can't take advantage of the teacher's absence...
The class disscussion...

Amu; (flap flap)

(chalk); (thump thump thump)

(board); "Class Discussion"

Amu; You know, we can just all face this way.

(board); "Class Disscussion"

Amu; Here you go.

(Class President); Oh...thanks, Amu-chan.

Manami; Way to go, Amu-chan!

Wakana; So cool {heart}

(Boy B); (daze...{heart})

(Boy A); (Hey.)

(Class President); Okay, we'll start the class disscussion.
Recently, many books have been added to our class library, and it's a mess. Therefore...
We'll pick a class librarian
Who will origanize the library once a week.

(Class); (no-) (boo boo)

(Class President); Yes, we are. We'll decide it fairly by a raffle.

(slip); "Class Librarian"

(Boy B); It's Rima-sama!!

(Girl A); Te hee, serves her right!

Rima; ...But I...
If I go home late...

(Girl A); There's no Guardian meeting today, right? It should be no problem.

(Girl B); It's the class rules, follow it!

Ran; She looks like she's in trouble...

(bell); (ding dong)

(Girl B); Well, good luck, Mashiro-san.

(Boy B): I would love to help, but I have a club to attend to...!

(Boy A); I have an after-school lesson...
Sorry, Rima-sama.

Rima; (alone) (move...)

Kusukusu; Kusukusu is helping, too!

*flashback

(Rima's Mom); It's too troblesome, Rima...
The pick-up time changes all the time...
On top of that, they put you in a weird club called the Guardians...

Rima; ...But, mom...

(Rima's Mom); We should've picked a closer school.
But your father always decides things by himself.
It was the same that time, too. That person always...

Rima; ......

*flashback end

Kusukusu; Rima,
Rima.
Look, look!
Funny face☆ {star}

Rima; ......

Kusukusu; Oh, you're smiling! Hee hee!

Amu; (reach...)
I'll do the top two rows,
So you do the bottom two.
We'll finish it quickly together.

Rima; ...Why?

Amu; No reason really...there's no Guardians meeting, so I have nothing to do.

Rima; I didn't ask you.

Amu; I wasn't asked.

Rima; Meddlesome.

Amu; You're so stubborn!

Miki; Each of them are as good as the other.

Kusukusu; (kusu kusu)

Rima; Rima.
You can call me
Rima...

Amu; ...Then, call me Amu.
...Hey.
Who brought this comic book in?
This is the one Yaya was reading yesterday.

(comic); "Gag Manga Paddishah ④ {4}"

Rima; ...No.

Amu; N?

Rima; That's the newly released 4th volume!

Amu; Huh?

Rima; Yesterday, it was the 3rd volume! Give it to me!

Amu; Huh?

Rima; (grab)

(comic); "Gag Manga" "Beetle Comics" "Gag Manga Paddishah ④"

Amu; Ah!

(comic); "Scattercatterezzz!"

Amu; (M...maybe this is...)

(face markings); (poof)

Kusukusu; Rima, let's do it!

Rima; Scatter
Catterezzz!!

Amu; Huuuuuuuh?

Rima; (whooo hoo hoo)

Amu; (empty...)

Rima; (ack!)
Nooooooooo!
(roll)

Amu; A ball!?
...So you actually are...
The kind who loves gag and stuff...?

Rima; So?
Yep, I'm really strict about gag, If somebody does it to me, I'll never forgive it!
So what!?

Amu; (Is she turning defiant, or acting big?)
Pfff...ha ha, what a big gap!
Is that why you didn't tell me about your Chara-Change?

Rima; (blush)
Don't!

Amu; You didn't have to hide it!

Rima; I had to! It's uncool.

Kusukusu; (Kusu kusu kusu)

Rima; Never! Nobody!
Say it to anyone!

Amu; Okay, okay.
(Rima might be
...actually a little cute.)

(clock); "5:00"

Amu; -Hmm, I'd say it's about done.
Let's finish for today.

Rima; Oh...! I forgot to call dad...!

Amu; Your dad...he came to pick you up...?

Rima; I'd have to go now.
Bye, Amu.

Amu; Nn...

Rima; (thomp thomp...)

Amu; It doesn't seem right.
They're kind enough to pick her up,
But they get mad just because she's a little late?

El; They probably have blood type A, which makes you very detail-oriented, like El {heart}

Ran; You have blood type A?

Amu; Rima's dad and mom...?
!
Presiden...
Kairi-kun!

Kairi; Joker.
...President?

Amu; Why are you here? I thought there was no Guardian meeting today.

Kairi; Oh...I'm researching something...
....Um...what is...President...

Amu; Oh...you're sort of like the Class President! type...

Musashi; (whisper)
Hm...We can't say that we were actually searching for weaknesses of the Guardians.

Kairi; (whisper)
Musashi!

Amu; Oh! yeah.
You know a lot of data, right?

Kairi; (ba-dump)
!

Rima; Do you know anything about Rima?
Why do they come and pick her up?

Kairi; ? Oh...hmmm...yes...
I'm not an expert on that, but...
(unclear unclear)

Amu; ?

Kairi; Queen was
Nearly kidnapped once...

Amu;Kidnapped!?

Kairi; Well, it failed and she safetly made it home,
But maybe it has to do with her being picked up...

Amu; ...Oh...

Kairi; -It's just that
Between the parents and the school, determining who was responsible became a problem,
And they fought over it for a some time...

Amu; ......
(Rima...
...What would it feel like...)

*scene change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rima; (run run run)

Kusukusu; The car's already here!

*scene change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Amu; (If it was me...)

*scene change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rima; (clack)

(Rima's Mom); That's why I said!
I have to work too, you'know.
But always leaving it to me!
You have to know yourself as a father...

(cell); (click)

(Rima's Mom); Hey!
......
(sigh...)

*scene change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Amu; (Was me-)

*scene change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Girl A); Whoa...
The bookshelf is so much neater.
Mashiro-san did do it, after all.

(Girl B); I wouldn't have guessed.

(Girl C); She participated properly in the Ball Sports Contest, too...

(Boy C); Rima-sama, I'll carry it for you.

(Boy D); On my mark...

(Boy D&E); Scattercatterezzz!

(Boy F); What are you guys doing?

(Boy A); Huh? Wasn't the pose like this?

Amu; He hee...that's the one you like.
Look...
(Huuuuuuuuh!?)
(dissapointment)

Rima; (shake shake shake)
No...that's not like that at all...
(unclear unclear unclear)

Amu; No...Rima, calm down. They're just playing.

Rima; (poof)
Gag is not play...

Amu; No, she Chara-Changed!

Amu; Hey...Rima, calm dow...
(ack)

Kusukusu; Rima! Let's do that one!
Ready, set...

Rima; Scatter...
Catterezzz!!

Amu; (Arrrrrraggghghhhhhrrrra!?)

(Class); (silence)

(Girl D); ...Uh...

(Boy A); Ri...Rima...sama?

Rima; (oh!)

Amu; ...Ri...Rima, ummm...urrrrrr...

El; Time for an ultrarapid follow-up!

Miki; Go do it, Amu-chan!

Amu; The weather is nice today, isn't it...

(Boy G); (Pfft)

(Boy D); (Pfff)
Ha ha ha!

(Boy H); That was funny!

(Girl C); So cute!

(Boy D); Your character changed way too much!

Rima; (blush)

(Boy A); N, no! Our Rima-sama...

(Girl B); That was perfect!

(Girl E); Do it again!

Rima; (run...)

AMu; Wait, Rima...

(Class); (Ha ha ha ha ha)

(Boy A); Our noble Rima-sama...

(Boy C); (Noo～)
It's a lie! Say that it's a lie!

(Boy B); That was not Rima-sama!

Amu; That was Rima!
(rush)

(Girl B); Amu-cha...

*scene change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Amu; Rima,
Rima!

Ran; That way!

Amu; Rima...

Rima; (sob... sob...)

Amu; So round.
(Turned into a ball again, eh?)
Ri...

Rima; ...You think it serves me right.

Amu; I don't...why?

Rima; Girls don't like me.

Amu; You're wrong...
Well, maybe a little.
Ahhh...hm...
(scratch scratch)
It happened to me once before.
A runaway Chara-Change in front of everybody...
It was really uncool...but people liked it.
In a way, it's a good thing...Being your outer character all the time is tiring.

Rima; I like gag.
What I don't like is the me who can't make people laugh...
When I was little, I used to goof off and make people laugh.
I was so happy when dad and mom laughed, too...
-But I understood one day.
A person who laughs is foolish.
It's uncool.
Weak and immature people laugh to escape from reality.
....A gag that cannot be laughed at is just akward.
Nobody
Wants that...

Amu; But everybody liked it.

Rima; ......

Amu; (scratch scratch)
That one time, when you said
I should just take back my ×egg,
I was so happy.
That that girl
Isn't an unneccesary Chara,
That's what I felt that way.
Let's go, Rima.
Let's go grab our stuff in the classroom.
Your dad's here, right?

Rima; Nn...
(hold)

*scene change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(plate); Grade 6 Class Hoshi

Amu; Hey, Rima, don't pull the hem.
My uniform'll stretch.

Rima; N.

Amu; Are you listening?

Rima; N.

Amu; I said...

(door); (roll...)

(Boy C); But that was so shocking!
When we found out that Rima-sama had a gag character.

(Boy H); It was quite dissapointing.

(Boy A); She'll go down, for sure!

(blackboard); "Cute Girls in Our Class
Ranking #2
First place"

(Boy C); Well, we'll announce it!

Rima; (hide)

Amu; Those boys again...
They never get tired of it...

(Boy C); First place is...

(door); (roll)

(Boy A); Huh!?

(Boy H); Uh, no...it's dangerous...

Amu; (stomp stomp)

(Boy A); Hide it, hide it!

Amu; (glance)

(Boys); (stop)

Amu; (humph)
Let's go, Rima.

(door); (roll) (close)

(Boy C); Wh, What was that?

(Boy H); We never...

(Boy A); Right?

(Boy C); ......

(Boy A); L...let's go home...

*scene change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Amu; Pfff...
A ha ha ha ha!
Did you see their faces?
(A ha ha ha ha)

Rima; It was so funny!

Amu; Yep, isn't it?
Ha! I laughed so much! It's refreshing!

*scene change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(door); (close)

Rima; Sorry to make you wait...dad.

(Rima's Dad); ......
(sigh...)

Kusukusu; Rima,
Rima!
Let's laugh, Rima!
Look at me!
Funny face, right?
Isn't it funny?
Hey...please...?


Ending Words

The seeds of frendship
A smile on Rima's face once more......