Chapter 1
"Hey." A teenage boy with silky blue hair by the name of Ikuto casually walked up to me in a pet store and greeted me, Yoru, his Shugo Chara, napping on his shoulder.
"Hi…" I said and looked away, burning under his questioning gaze. He looked at me, then at the little cat that just so happened to be a dark shade of blue inside the grey plastic cage that I was holding in my right hand.
"What's the cat for?" The edge of his mouth moved upward slightly in amusement, but to his surprise, I lifted my head confidently, my pink bangs not daring to hide my light brown eyes and said, "I bought it. Is there anything wrong with that?"
But despite what confidence I showed, my twelve year old face turned as red as a cherry as my brain shouted, 'What are you doing Miss Amu! You're going to ruin it!'
Ikuto snickered and brought his head close to mine with a mischievous grin and asked, "Can I visit him sometime?"
I flinched and turned my eyes to look at nothing in particular on my left. "It's… a girl…" I managed to say. He laughed gently, no signs of mocking in his tone of voice… Or so I thought. I blushed and stomped out the sliding door, not realising that my own Shugo Charas, Ran, Miki and Sue were there with me.
"Hey, Amu-chan!" Ran squeaked excitedly, shaking her sparkly pink cheerleader pom poms, "Did you see the look on the little cat's face when Yoru was making a face at it! It was sooooo funny!"
"Ran," Miki shook her head, and hovered over to Ran, "She couldn't have seen it because Ikuto was busy talking to her!"
"Yes! But it's sad that the little kitty was lonely in that cage-desu." Sue commented.
"True. But you should've seen Ikuto doing –"
"Shut… UP!" I shouted, cutting off Ran mid-sentence, "I'm getting a headache here!" I didn't actually have a headache though; I just didn't want to hear anything about Ikuto then. It was really pissing me off; how he just seemed to show up in front of me every few days, and when he did, he always made me blush somehow, and laughed at me like I'm some kind of joke that he came upon.
It was silent the rest of the way home, and it was almost sunset, so as soon as I opened the door, I quickly rushed up to my bedroom, saying "I'm back!" on the way up the stairs. I took the shortest shower ever and stepped onto the balcony connected to my room, watching the sky as it turned from blue, to orange, then to a beautiful mix of autumn colours.
Then, out of nowhere, a tall, well-built person hugged me tightly from behind, and when I quickly turned around I saw… Ikuto, with a face that looked like he was going to burst into tears.
"E-eh?" I managed to get out. Then I saw him raise his head and stare at me pleadingly as he turned me around to face him.
"O-oi, what's wrong Ikuto?" I stutter, frozen as if his contact with me had stopped time. All he did his grip my shoulders tighter and he stares as if he were begging me to do something without words. Since he wasn't speaking or making any noise apart from his fast-paced breathing, I started to panic.
"Ikuto? What's wrong? Tell me!" I grabbed him by the shirt with both hands and shook him, trying to get him to speak to me, but his face just got sadder and the pleading in his eyes became so visible that I dragged him inside my room and forced him to sit on the bed. But when I turned around to get mum from downstairs, a hand hooked my pale blue blouse and pulled me backward into an embrace. I quickly turned to face him, only to see a pair of beautiful, unblinking eyes stare into mine. The sad and pleading look had disappeared completely, and all I saw was that deep mesmerizing colour that made me blush.
"You fell for it." Ikuto let me go, letting his mouth break into yet another mischievous smile just like this afternoon.
My face turned even redder, and the words that I longed to scream in his face were stuck in my throat and I just stood there, my jaws moving up and down in failed attempts to get the words out. But all I could do was angrily grab his arm and leave him on the balcony with little Yoru. He grinned like a little boy who just won a battle with another boy in kindergarten as he walked back home on that same frustrating alley cat route that he always uses. I sighed deeply as I turned off the lights, slipped into bed and closed my eyes as everything went black.
-Shugo Chara!- -Chapter 1-
The next morning was peaceful, much to my desire to be away from Ikuto and his stupid jokes. I rolled over to my side and checked the time. 7 am. Perfect. Just enough time to get a few more minutes of rest before I had to get dressed and ready for school.
But as I closed my eyes again to cherish some more sleep I heard the loud noise of the front door closing and feet coming up the steps. I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep.
The person opened my door as soon as he or she got upstairs and stood in front of my bed. I didn't dare open my eyes, even if I really wanted to see who it was.
The air held a different kind of aura that mum or dad or Ami had. This one felt some how… strange. I slowly opened my left eye and saw a pair of blue eyes staring straight into mine. I sat up suddenly and wrapped my blanket protectively around myself.
"Morning princess Amu~" He cheekily greeted me, "Had a nice dream?"
My eyebrow twitched in annoyance and I ignored the question, "What are you doing here, pervert cat?"
He laughed, "'Pervert' you say… I wonder who the real pervert is here."
"Shut up! Answer my question!"
"Well how can I answer it if I shut up?" He stated with a grin.
"Just answer it!"
He sighed, "Isn't it obvious? I came to visit."
"No, I mean what are you doing in my room?"
"Like I said, I came to visit."
I growled slightly and pushed him out of my room, "Go downstairs or leave, you stupid cat…"
"Yes mam~"
I angrily changed into my school uniform and brushed my teeth, feeling Ikuto's presence lingering around the house. It annoyed me, but it also somehow made me feel calm.
As I went down the stairs I could hear my mum trying to spark a conversation with Ikuto. She thought that Ikuto and I loved each other, considering that he came to visit so often.
I sighed, grabbed my toast that was waiting for me on the plate on the dinner table that Ikuto and my mum were sitting at and shoved the corner into my mouth. I left Ami and dad to their model pictures and such, as I walked straight pass them and walked out the door, grabbing my bag on the way out.
I stomped past all the houses, silently cursing Ikuto and the way that he kept on popping up out of nowhere.
When I was at the edge of the uptown area I felt a little breath on my neck and I screamed, hugging myself and turning towards the assailant. But…
"Haha… You're as scared as ever, Amu-chan~" He held the 'chan' for longer, and to his satisfaction, I raised my head in defiance and ran off, but not before he could see the tiny little blush that coloured my cheeks for a mere second.
I continued to walk without slowing down, silently cursing to myself about that stupid Ikuto. 'Just because he's familiar with my mother, it doesn't mean he can visit every day or two! If anything, he should be gone, away from me, away from my family, and away from my freaking house! It's like he teleports to wherever I am, be it my bedroom, my school, the mall, anywhere! But still….. It feels kinda reassuring…. Maybe I should give him a cha-'
I cut myself off mid-thought. There was absolutely no way I was going to give him a chance. Never. Never in my entire life. N-E-V-E-R.
-Shugo Chara!- -Chapter 1-
I was happy once I reached Seiyo High. I always – well, only with friends – feel safe and less nervous there. If Ikuto interferes with school then I can somehow drag him to a nearby teacher. That's only happened once, when his school had a day off and he came to pay a 'visit' to me in class while I was still 12. I'm 18 now and in year 12 but I'm still getting played with by Ikuto and his stupid little procedure of 'Make her blush and laugh and walk away'. My friends, Rima and Tadase are both the same age as me. Kukai and Nagihiko are a year older and are in Year 13. Yaya is a year younger than me, and is a first year in High school. Also known as year 11 (obvious), but is still as childish as she was 6 years ago when I first met her in the academy.
"Amu-chan…" Ran hung lifelessly in the air, "You seem to be ignoring us a lot…"
"Yeah…" Miki had the same expression as Ran, only less dead, "It's like you're spacing out every time I look at you."
"R-really?" I tried to look normal, like I always did – at least I thought I always did, "Ahaha… Maybe it's lack of sleep?"
"Does Amu-chan always stay up late?" Sue joined in the conversation, surprising me by actually not having that motionless look.
"Yeah… All the time!" I scratched my head, which was a bad move since the three of them had studied my moves so well, and it told them I was lying straight away, "Uh… Erm… I… stay up thinking about… lots of… things!"
"And what 'things' might you be talking about, oh-so-sleepy Amu-chan?" Miki eyed me suspiciously.
"Eh? Ah….. Homework?" I looked sideways and away from her face – another mistake in my act.
Sue didn't seem to mind that I was arguing with Miki, Ran joining in every now and then. She also seemed to be spacing out, like I was. And I started to wonder what she would think about when I heard my name being called by a familiar voice behind me.
"Amu!" Rima came running up to me with an exhausted look, "What are you doing? I've been calling you!"
"Ah, sorry about that. I was being interrogated by a certain Shugo Chara dressed in blue right next to me." Hearing this, Miki humphed and turned away from me, angry that I wouldn't tell her anything.
"What was Miki asking you?" Rima was confused as to why Miki and I would fight so early in the morning, unless it was a fashion problem.
"Well, you know… Just some pointless stuff that just happened to come up."
Rima pouted, and turned away, matching Miki and her expression with the exact same reason that Miki had. I sighed and walked with her to class, telling myself to cheer her up later at the Royal Garden.
We sat down in class and let time pass while the lessons carried on and on. I took notes every now and then, trying to get rid of the fact that thoughts of Ikuto were running through my mind. It was only a few hours later that I had noticed that I was writing what I thought of him and not notes from class. I began to read what I had written immediately.
'Ikuto just seems to appear everywhere. I wonder what he's planning to do right now. Is he thinking of me? Is he going to show up at my house again? What will I do if he snoops around in my room while I'm gone? Is he watching me right now? What does he do in school all day? He's so annoying. Maybe not, he might like me. No, definitely not.' And the thoughts carried on through at least two whole pages of my little notebook. It was the size of my hand, but I wrote pretty small on that thing, and I was not liking my thoughts at all. One thing that confused me was the fact that the notes were both negative and positive. I also noted that I needed to practice my handwriting as well; it seemed hard for other people to read. Who knows why?
Soon after arriving home and dragging my feet to my room, I collapsed on the bed, tired from thinking too much and let a deep and calming sensation flow into me as I closed my heavy eyes.
-Shugo Chara!- -Chapter 1- -End-
Thank you everyone who's reading this! This is my first fanfic and I hoped you enjoyed it. I'm currently writing the next chapter. Please leave a review on what you want to happen next and I will be sure to reply!
- Kuroneko