Author's Note: Heyy everyone! I doubt many people will read this, but if you do, thanks so much! This is just a one-shot that I made for Shugo Chara! (I'm newly obsessed with this anime) I'm trying to decide whether or not to continue it and make it a story. Let me know what you think! I'm counting on you! So kick back, grab some hot cocoa or (if its summer for you like it is for me) lemonade and enjoy! ~Ripple
Have you seen my heart?
Ikuto was tired. He'd been walking all day. Looking for his father was easier said than done. Sitting on a bench in front of a TV store, he began to drift off to sleep.
"Ikuto!" The voice was loud and obnoxiously familiar. Groaning slightly Ikuto opened one eye to see his Guardian Character- Yoru. The small cat-like guardian was licking his paws and then shot a steely look at his owner.
Ikuto extended a slim finger to his guardian. Yoru stared at it curiously. And suddenly he received a flick in the face by said finger.
"OUCH! Ikuto what was that for?" The cat yelped rubbing his whiskers.
"Didn't I tell you not to wake me up?" The teen spoke quietly, closing his eyes again. Sleep was just about to engulf him once again when he heard Yoru's voice again.
"What're they doing on TV?" Sighing, Ikuto opened his eyes again. Oh well, sleep is overrated. He thought.
"Ikuto, you've gotta see this!" Yoru called. His tiny face was pressed up against the glass of the TV store, purple eyes as big as saucers.
"What is it Yoru?" Ikuto yawned. "If it's another fish commercial I swear I'll leave you here."
"It's the Guardians!" The name of the Seiyo Academy defenders piqued Ikuto's interest. "Ikuto, the Guardians are on TV!" Sitting up Ikuto trotted up and listened to the news caster. The anchor was a young woman in her mid-20s with red hair as curly as a sheep's. Sitting next to her on the news set, were the Guardians.
"We are here to report the disappearance of a young girl from Seiyo Academy. She is a middle schooler with these children here." The anchor spoke gesturing to the kids.
On the far right was a kid in a blue plaid cape. He wore matching navy pants. He was Asian with wide dark eyes, and a worried face. Ikuto recognized him as the "Jack's Chair" of the Guardians group. The girl next to him was short with brown hair in pig-tails. She looked to be no older than a 5th grader. Her light brown eyes were tearful. She wore a red cape and skirt. She was the "Ace's Chair". Sitting in the seat next to the small girl, was another girl. Her long wavy, dirty-blond hair was slightly mussed. Her brown-grey eyes were dark and impassive. She had a sort of "regal bearing". The "Queen's Chair" was her position. And beside the "Queen" was a boy. He was slightly handsome. His blond hair was short but ruffled as if he hadn't had a wink of sleep. His blue eyes were dull. There was a furrow in between his eyes as if he was in deep thought. Though he didn't look like it, this boy was the "King's Chair" of the Guardians. The boys wore the matching blue plaid capes and pants while the girls wore the red plaid capes and miniskirts. The Seiyo Guardians protected and looked out for the students of they're school. Ikuto was staring intently at the boy. Something was very very wrong.
"In this segment of the show, we are interviewing the friends of Hinamori Amu, a teenager from Seiyo Academy who has been missing for 1 week."
Ikuto felt a stab of pain in his heart. Amu was MISSING? For a whole week? I was wondering if she'd just skipped out of this. She is a guardian after all. But Missing? That can't be right.
"Hinamori Amu is a student at Seiyo Academy, as well as a guardian there. She disappeared last Thursday never returning to her suburban home. Her family is frantic. Here is a message the family has for they're child."
On screen, was a man with light brown spiky hair and muscular body. He had a camera hanging from his neck. Next to him sat his wife a woman with pinkish-brown hair and glasses. Her slim frame was shaking slightly. In her lap sat a toddler of about kindergarten age. Her brown hair was pulled into tiny pig tails. Her chubby face was confused and scared.
"Daddy, can Sis hear us?" She asked tugging on the man's sleeve.
"Hopefully Ami. Do you have anything to say to your sister?" Her mother asked, stroking her youngest daughter's head.
"Sis you gotta come home! Ran, Su, and Miki are all worried!" The girl blubbered. "I miss sissy too!" And then the toddler was sobbing into her mother's jacket. The parents both looked desperately out the television screen. Ikuto was rooted to the spot. Horror slowly creeped through his body. She doesn't even have her Guardian Chara? He thought pressing his palms to the glass of the window as if that could make the information he needed to hear come faster.
"Amu, if you can hear this, please come home. Or at least contact us! We're worried! Please come home!" The parents exclaimed in unison.
"Can we say something as well?" A calm mannered voice asked the anchor. The screen left the parent's tortured faces and returned to the news set. The voice belonged to the "Jack" otherwise known as Fujisaki Nageiko.
"Of course. The Amu's fellow guardians have something to say as well." The camera focused on Nageiko.
"Amu, I don't know where you are, I hope you are safe. Contact us, your family, Nikaidou or Utau as soon as you can! We are all worried, please just call us!" Desperation leaked out on the last word, seemingly infecting the other guardians. The next one to speak was the youngest guardian. Yaya-the "Ace".
"Amu-chi you're being so mean! You didn't even take Yaya with you!" The girl whimper-shouted. The "Queen" whose real name was Rima placed a calming hand on Yaya's shoulder. When she spoke, sadness tinged her words.
"Hinamori, you promised that no matter where you went, you would always come back. You have not kept that promise. I know something is definitely not right with you at the moment, because promises are very important to you. But this is one promise you must keep above all others. Return to us." The final words were not a plea, not a request, and most certainly not a hope. It was an order. The cold eyes behind the dirty blond mane proved it. Ikuto's blue eyes were still glued to the screen. What would the "King" say?
"Hinamori Amu, you are teenager, a Guardian, and a friend. Ordinarily you may be safe, but now we all know that is not the case. It is my dearest hope that you contact us or return home. Do you wish to see your family and friends in even more pain?" His blue eyes were large and pleading. "Amu, it doesn't matter where you are, or how you got there, or even why you left. Just please, please come back."
Ikuto inhaled deeply. Amu was missing. She didn't have Ran, Miki, or Su (her Guardian Chara). She had no friends with her as far as he could tell. She was gone. Fear threatened to overwhelm him for a second. Then, he backed away from the glass with a sharp shake of his head. He was going to find Amu.
"Ikuto?" Yoru asked tentatively, as his master began to walk briskly down the city streets.
"Yes Yoru?"
"Are we going to look for her?"
Ikuto didn't reply and continued to wander down the streets with his guardian in tow. As the sky darkened, Ikuto looked up to see the first flakes of snow fall from the smoky grey clouds.