Remembering Yesterday

Chapter 1

A Shugo Chara! Fic

Pairings: IkutoxAmu[ro], KukaixUtau and NagihikoxRima

Summary: What if Gozen's real plan wasn't to gather to embryo at all? What if his real plan was to make a memory-erasing machine instead? What if he succeeded on one Hinamori Amu? Now it's up to an older Ami and all of her sister's old friends to get her back!

Rated K+

Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara! or any of it's characters, but I do own my plot so do not steal.

AGES/GRADE:

Kukai: Aged 18, grade 12.

Utau: Aged 17, grade 12.

Ikuto: Aged 19, grade 11 (why he is still in school and only in 11th grade will be explained later on).

Amu: Aged 16, grade 11.

Rima: Aged 16, grade 11.

Tadase: Aged 16, grade 11.

Nagihiko: Aged 17, grade 11.

Nadeshiko: Aged 17, grade 11.

Yaya: Aged 15, grade 10.

Ami: Aged 13, grade 8.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW: All characters may not be used in the story (*cough cough* Tadase *cough cough*) and their school is not according to the Japanese school system, but rather the American one (elementary: kindergarten to grade 7 and high school: grade 8 to grade 12). I read a story a little while ago and it had Nagihiko and Nadeshiko as two different characters, so since I liked that idea a lot, I decided to make it that way in my story too! Another thing to take note of is that yes, Ami is only 3 or 4 years younger than them. I know that's not correct in the actual Shugo Chara plot, but that's the way it will be for this fic. THANKS!

Bored as ever, Ikuto twirled a pen around his fingers, wishing that something interesting would happen soon or at least class would begin.

"Alright, alright! Everybody settle down," the teacher, Mr. Fujiyoto called out, "We have a new student today. Everyone please welcome her. Her name is Kugimiya Amuro."

Ikuto sighed. He scarcely looked up from his seat; that was until a glimpse of pink caught his eye. His head snapped up and he dropped the pen that he had been playing with only moments before, letting it roll under the desk in front of him.

His jaw dropped. He could recognize her from anywhere!

He spun around to the desk behind him, jostling his sleeping, best friend awake.

"Oi! Rima! Rima wake up!"

Groggily, the pretty blonde-haired girl stifled a yawn and stared up at the boy who had a sudden burst of energy. She hadn't seen him so lively since the Christmas party they had had last year and he'd been drunk then.

"What is it, Ikuto? You're interrupting my sleep! I already told you Mom and Dad were fighting all last night, can't you let me get some rest?"

Ikuto ignored the questions.

"There's a new girl." He started, attempting to build up suspense.

She rose as eyebrow as if to say 'So? What's it to you?'

"Well, look at her!"

Rima sighed, but nonetheless, she looked past the blue-haired boy's shoulder at the girl standing in front of the entire class. She had pink hair and she wasn't wearing the school uniform yet. In its place she wore a yellow hoodie, a black tank top and a jean skirt. She had hot pink and black striped socks that were pulled up to her knees and she wore tall, loose-fitting brown cowboy boots. In her hair were two familiar looking red clips. They were shaped like X's.

Instantly, her head turned to face Ikuto.

"Doesn't she-"

"You think-"

Without even finishing their sentences, they both nodded in affirmation. The new girl was definitely their old friend, Hinamori Amu.

AMU[RO]'S POV:

I sighed. Another month, another school.

I stood in front of my new classmates, examining each and every one of them as the teacher – What was his name again? Fujitoko? Fujimoto? Oh well, I'll figure it out later – introduced me.

I shoved my hands into my pockets, putting most of my weight on my right leg. I always hated this part the most. The feeling of being new and different from everyone else never seemed to fade away. Feeling like I didn't belong here wasn't anything unusual. I bowed my head and gave the standard: "Hajimemashite douzo yoroshiku" greeting.

I wonder, absently, if this school was going to be any different from the rest. At other schools, the students seemed too scared to approach me. For whatever reason, people always found me intimidating. But I didn't mean to scare them off! I couldn't help hiding behind my 'Cool & Spicy' exterior!

I tried my best to look welcoming, but I admitted defeat when I heard the hushed whispers around me.

"Sugoi! She's so cool!"

I rolled my eyes, 'So much for this school being different.'

The sound of a pen hitting the floor snapped me out of my thoughts. The source of the dropped pen was a handsome boy with blue hair who was staring back at me, his mouth hanging open like a fish out of water. He looked like he was older than everyone else in the class. Maybe he had failed a grade or two? But whatever it was, I couldn't help but feel that I had seen him somewhere before.

NORMAL POV:

She kept her gaze on the boy as he turned around to wake the girl behind him. The girl was pretty. She had long, curly blonde hair and she was very petit looking. Off-handedly, she thought, 'Perhaps they're dating.' After all, they both were very good looking and at every one of her other schools, it seemed that the best looking people were always paired up together.

A pang in her heart made her stop. What was this feeling? If she didn't even know this boy, why did she feel so hurt and betrayed?

Amuro pushed aside the feelings of pain and turned back to the teacher, just in time to hear where she would be sitting: right beside the pretty blonde-haired girl.

'Oh great!' In her mind, Amuro rolled her eyes.

Grunting in response to the teacher, she calmly walked down the aisles, ignoring the whispers surrounding her, and took her seat.

IKUTO'S POV:

I watched as she walked toward her new desk. Rima was lucky. Amu would be sitting beside her. But as I remembered why Amu had left us in the first place, my heart plummeted.

Four years ago, after Amu and the rest of the guardians had finally made peace with Easter and Gozen had thrown away the embryo, Amu and her parents were on their way to one of her little sister, Ami's, dance recitals. It was then that they got into a horrible accident. A loaded semi-truck had ran a red light and T-boned their tiny car. Hinamori Midori and Hinamori Tsumugu had died at the scene whereas Amu had fallen into a coma.

Her coma was short-lived, but when she awoke, they found that she couldn't remember any of them; not herself and not even her little sister who was nine at the time.

They hadn't even gotten to say their goodbyes before she was whisked away by some man who had volunteered to adopt her. The doctor had reassured them that the man would take good care of her, but they were forbidden to bid her farewell; something about confusing her and only causing her more mental stress. The doctor said it would be better if she was to just start all over rather than to try remembering her forgotten past.

At that point, Ikuto had felt his heart break into a million pieces. The girl he loved could no longer remember who she was or who he was. But feeling indebted to her for saving him from Easter's evil clutches, he took in Ami, who had no other place to go.

Ami had no problems adjusting to her new lifestyle with the Tsukiyomi family. She had already known Ikuto from the times when he had come over to visit Amu or the times when she tagged along with her sister and Ikuto to go to the park. She also knew that her sister had trusted Ikuto and that was enough to make her trust him as well. And not only did she like Ikuto (or onii-chan as she liked to call him) but she also idolized his sister, Utau. Utau was a famous pop singer and Ami was no more than happy to be able to live in the same residence as she.

Ikuto and Utau's father, Aruto, had come back shortly after Ami's adoption. It turned out that their mother had never been legally re-married and Aruto and her had never been divorced. Both their father and their mother adored Ami. They thought she was the 'cutest little thing' and welcomed her as their own daughter. They lived as one big happy family.

But although most of the times were happy, there were times when they all recalled Amu and when Ami recalled her parents and their deaths. Ami would cry and seek refuge in her onii-chan or onee-chan's hugs. Sometimes she would sleep with them, clutching Amu's favourite teddy bear to her chest. And it was times like these where Ikuto, Utau and the rest of the guardians found themselves missing her too. But nonetheless, they stood strong and braved their loss, all in hopes of raising Ami because Amu didn't remember enough to take care of her.

NORMAL POV:

Ami was no longer the little girl doing ballet recitals and posing as a model for her father's photographs. She had grown a lot taller and she had let her strawberry blonde locks grow out until they had reached her belly button. She was pretty just like her sister had been and just like when she was younger, the boys were still useless to denying her anything she wanted.

The younger Hinamori sat in the cafeteria, across from her two friends, Chise and Ayano. They were gossiping about some boy in one of their classes but Ami wasn't listening. As usual, she was zoned out, thinking about how much had happened in the past four years and how much certain people had influenced her.

In a way, Nadeshiko, Rima, Yaya and Utau all became her older sisters (well, Yaya was more like her twin sister, but she could be mature when she wanted to be) and mother-figures. And Kukai, Ikuto and Nagihiko were the protective big brothers. She felt lucky to have grown up with so many people loving her and taking care of her. She knew she could go to any one of them for guidance or help but sometimes, she just missed her big sister.

Thinking about her sister or her parents always made her cry, but lucky for Ami, all of her 'family' attended the same school. Even Ikuto-niichan! Although he should have graduated a year ago, he was only in eleventh grade. After her sister had left, he had gone searching all over Japan for her. He would come home exhausted and tired and ill-tempered but as soon as she gave him a 'Welcome-Home-and-Thanks-for-Trying' hug, she could tell that he always felt a little bit better knowing that at least he was doing something to help Amu out, even if she was fully unaware. All that mattered was that if she had known, she would've been proud of him and that was all the motivation the cat-boy needed.

After searching for those two long years and never coming up with any results, Ikuto had decided that he would go back to school and finish his education so that he could get a well-paying job. Once he had enough money, he would search the rest of the world for her. He would find her, no matter what.

Ami was thankful that Ikuto tried so hard for her and Amu. He was always doing things to make her happy and always putting on his best front for her. Not once had she seen him cry since Amu had left, but she knew that he probably had, at least twice.

Ami knew that her onii-chan was in love with her sister. And she knew that when her sister had remembered them, she had loved Ikuto-niichan too. Even when her sister had thought she was in love with Tadase, who had moved to some European country without a care in the world, Ami knew that she really cared for the blue-haired boy. And Ami believed that one day, Ikuto would find her older sister. And that was the truth.

Speaking of Ikuto, Ami was startled out of her thoughts when two pairs of fists were slammed down on the table in front of her, nearly causing her carton of milk to tip over.

Two figures, one blonde and one blue, leaned over the table, huffing and puffing as if they'd just ran a marathon.

"A-Ami!" Ikuto had managed to choke out.

She stared at him oddly.

"Ikuto-niichan? Rima-chan? What's going on?" Ami ignored her two friends who were swooning at the sight of the boy.

Rima was the first to recover… somewhat.

"I-It-It's A-"

Ami rolled her eyes at the gasping eleventh graders.

"You guys~! Spit it out already! A-what?"

"IT'S AMU!" they both shouted at once. "She's here!"

Ami's eyes widened in shock. Amu? As in her older sister Amu? Amu was here? Where? Why? How? So many questions were running though her head and she stared back at the hyperventilating teens.

And that's it for the first chapter. I'd love to know what you guys think of it. I already have chapter 2 and 3 finished. And I'm hoping I will be able to finish this one. Often I find myself losing interest in my own multi-chapter fics, but I think this one will go on. Now review, review, review! I hate to do this, but I'd like to get at least.. I don't know, 10 reviews before posting the next chapter. So yes, let's make that the goal. 10 reviews = the next chapter.

PS: I do not currently have a beta for this story, so if you'd like to beta, that'd be great! I have however read it in my head and out loud to myself more than several times so I don't believe there should be many mistakes.

So yes, I hope you guys like it and please review! The green button is calling out to you :P