Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara or anything besides the plot of the story.

Hi! NutellaUnicorn here!

So I'm starting a brand new story! I'm writing it on my own this time. This is a prequel to the story. The story is called When We Were in High School.(but you already knew that cause you can see the tittle) It's about the Guardian Charas, EXCEPT THEY'RE HUMAN! I'm writing two other prequel chapters similar to this but on the other characters. This one is about Ran and Daichi. ENJOY!

~Normal Pov~

Three little girls walked to the playground. They recently moved to town. The eldest sister was Hinamori Ran, she was 7 years old. She had her pink hair up in a ponytail and had on a visor. She was wearing a pink cheerleading dress and sneakers. She had three other sisters. Miki, Su, and Dia. Miki was 6. She had on a pair of blue shorts and a matching hoodie. She had short, blue hair which she wore in a hat. Su was 5. She had blonde hair and was wearing a little green dress. Dia was not with them, she was only 2 years old so she stayed at home.

They went to the neighborhood park in hopes to make some new friends. When they got to the playground they saw a group of 7 children playing. They saw 2 children who looked like brother and sister. Both had long purple hair, the boy wore his hair down while the girl had her's up in a ponytail. The boy had on a beanie, jeans, and a t-shirt. The girl was wearing a light purple kimono with a pattern of flowers. There were also two other girls. One had blonde, curly hair and was wearing a white dress. The other had short, purple hair and wore a red dress. There was a boy with short, light purple hair sitting next to a boy with green hair and glasses. Lastly was a boy with short, light green hair. He wore a pair of white shorts, a yellow t-shirt, and sneakers. He also had on a yellow headband. He was the first to notice the three girls. He ran over and turned to them.

"Would you girls like to be friends with us?" He asked.

"Sure! I'm Hinamori Ran! This is my sister Su and my sister Miki." Ran said to the boy.

"Cool! I'm Souma Daichi! I'm seven!" Daichi said smiling.

"Me too!"

"Cool! Hey guys come meet my new friends!" Daichi said waving to the other kids. They all came over to great them.

"Hi! I'm Fujisaki Rhythm!" The boy with long purple hair said. "She may look like me but this is my older sis Temari." He said pointing to the girl in the kimono.

"It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Fujisaki Temari, I am seven years old." Temari said with a bow.

"I'm Iru and this is my little sister Eru." The girl with the red dress said.

"I am Eru and I am the angel of Love!" The little girl in the white dress said. Iru kicked her.

"I already said who you were!"

"I am Sanjo Musashi, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance." The boy with glasses said as he bowed.

"And I am Hotori Kiseki! I don't make friends with commoners, you are my servants." The little boy with purple hair shouted.

"Well I'm Ran! These are my sisters Su and Miki." Ran said with a smile.

"Hello~desu" Su said.

"Hey." Miki said bored.

"Do you guys want to play tag with us?" Rhythm asked.

"I don't want to, I'm going to go sit over there." Miki said pointing to a tree. She walked over and sat down underneath it. She never really liked tag.

"I'll play!" Ran said. She loved sports, especially when it envolved running.

"Brother I shall sit out, I do not wish to dirty my kimono." Temari said.

"You're sooooo boring sis!" Rhythm whined. "Who else wants to play?"

"We do!" Iru and Eru said.

"I do not play games with commoners." Kiseki said as he went over and sat down next to Temari.

"I want to play~desu!" Su said jumping up and down.

"I will play as well." Musashi said.

"Count me in!" Daichi said.

"Okay let's start! Your it!" Rhythm said tagging Daichi. Everyone quickly ran away from him. He started chasing after them. He started running after Iru. As she was running she bumped into Eru. They both fell and were tagged.

"You're out!" Daichi exclaimed. Iru grumbled and kicked her sister.

"Why'd you do that Eru!" She shouted. They both got up and walked over to Kiseki and Temari, or the 'out-zone'.

Daichi was already running off and chasing someone else. He started chasing after Rhythm but lost track of him. He quickly turned around and chased Musashi. He caught up to him and tagged him.

"Got you!"

"A samurai always accepts defeat graciously." He said as Su ran past them. Daichi turned to chase her. He was gaining on Su when she tripped and scrapped her knee. Musashi went up too Su and helped her off the field. He ran over to them, tagged her, and kept running. He found Rhythm and started chasing him. He tagged him.

"You lose."

"Not cool bro." Rhythm said in defeat.

"I win!" Daichi said jumping up and down.

"Nuh-uh!" Ran said running past him. He smiled and ran after her. He kept chasing her around the play ground. Every time he got close to her she started to run a little faster. He kept chasing her for a long time. Everyone watched them run. Daichi was surprised, no one could beat him in tag. He started to laugh, he was having so much fun. Ran started laughing too, she never had to try this hard before. They both started to get a little tired, but neither would give up. Daichi started to get close to her. He reached his arm out to tag her. She saw him and started going faster, but so did he. He ran as fast as he could, right before he gave up he was just barley able to tag her. They both fell on the floor laughing.

"I...got you!" Daichi said panting.

"You..are..fast." Ran said trying to catch her breath. They both sat up and started laughing. "You're fun to play with! Let's be best friends! Okay?"

"Friends forever! Pinky promise!" Daichi said sticking out his pinky.

"Pinky promise!" Ran said as she curled her pinky around his, sealing the deal.

~4 years later~

It was the first day of school and Ran just entered 6th grade. She was now able to try out for the sports teams. She sat in the class eagerly waiting for the bell to ring, signaling the end of the day. Try-outs would be after school and she couldn't wait. She looked to her left and saw her friend Daichi. He sat next to her in every class. He was chewing on his pencil as he stared down the clock. Ran started to giggle. He turned to look at her.

"What?" He whispered. His words were mumbled since the pencil was still in his mouth. This only made her laugh harder. The teacher turned around and glared at her. She immediately fell silent.

"I just thought it was funny how you were having a staring match with the clock." She said trying not to laugh again. "And you still have your pencil in your mouth."

He took the pencil out embarrassed. "Oh yeah, thanks. And I wasn't having a staring match with the clock."

"Then what were you doing?"

"I was just hoping if I stared at it hard enough time would go faster. I want school to end so I can go to try-outs." He said smiling.

"I know! I'm excited too, I can hardly sit still." Ran said matching his smile.

"You two in the back! Stop disrupting class or I'll-" The teacher was cut off by the sound of the bell. Everyone quickly got up and left the class room. "I haven't dismissed you yet!" The teacher shouted, but everyone already left.

"See you in try outs!" Daichi shouted running to his locker.

"See you!" Ran shouted running in the opposite direction to her locker. Ran quickly put away her things before grabbing her gym bag. She ran to the girls locker room and changed. She put her uniform into her locker and ran out on to the field. Today were the try-outs for the track team. Ran spotted Daichi and ran over to him.

"Ready for try-outs?" She asked him.

"Yup!" He said with a goofy grin. Before they could say anything else the coach came over.

"Hello everybody I'm coach Kaito. We will start out with a few warm up laps around the field. Then I will time each of you on the 50m dash. Got it?" Everyone nodded. "Good. Only the best runners will make it on to the team. Let's start warming up! Five laps around the field!"

A few groans were heard, but none from Ran or Daichi. They were the first two to start running laps and the first to finish. Once everyone finished they gathered on the field again.

"Now I will time your 50m dash. You will run around the track once. When you pass me I will record your time. When that's done I will announce who made it on the team. Only the four best times will make it. Head to the start!" Everyone ran to the start of the track. It went around the field in a loop and ended where it began.

"Ready! Set! Go!" Daichi and Ran took off immediately. They ran as fast as they could. They were tied for the lead, they didn't even bother to check if anyone else was catching up. They were neck and neck, a close race. Daichi managed to get ahead of her and finished before her by a few seconds. They sat down and caught their breath while the others finished. Once everyone finished Coach Kaito blew his whistle.

"Ok! Now that everyone is done I will announce who made it on the team. The new team members are: Hinamori, Souma, Katane, and Atine. The rest of you will just have to try again next year." Everybody left but Ran, Daichi, and two other boys. "Congrats to you four. Especially you Hinamori, you're the first girl to make it on the first try. But you'll have to continue to work hard in order to rank number one!"

"I will! I will try hard to beat the other teams!" Ran said jumping up and down.

"Well not only that, even though you all are one the same team you are still competing against one another."

"What do you mean?" One of the boys asked.

"Well there is MVP an all. The title of top runner is always up for grabs. Currently it's Souma who know holds the title, based off his run just now." Coach Kaito said. "He beat her by a few second and beat the previous top runner's time."

Daichi smiled. "Guess I beat you Ran!"

"You got lucky! Let's see how long you can hold that title before I steal it from you!" Ran said pointing a finger at him.

"You're on!" Daichi said pointing back at her. They never competed before, at least not in serious competitions. This was the start of a new rivalry between the friends that would last through out the years.

So what did you think? I know it was short but this is just some background on the two characters. The other prologues are about Rhythm and KusuKusu, and Yoru and Miki. Tell me what you think! Rate/review/flame/follow/idea/hope/dream/cookie/etc!