To the people who have read my later work... I'm sorry I haven't been updating as promised... A lot has been going on sense I last updated… you will be happy to know that I have been writing and working on the chapters I've promised.. It's just taking longer than expected, but I'm hoping to kick off this rut I'm in by starting a new story. With that I give you Shugo Chara
Miko: AMUTO!!!!
Amu: oh no… not another crazy person.
Ikuto: but they agree with me, why can't you?
Amu: because, you're a pervert.
Ikuto: only for you Amu.
Amu: *blushes* baka.
Yoru: Miko doesn't own Shugo Chara or its characters ~nya
Chapter 1: The New Student
A young girl about 12 years old with long dark purple hair and a soft gentle face with light blue eyes, walked the many blocks it took to get to her new school. Her uniform consisted of a mid-length plaid skirt, which she did not like and a white shirt with a jacket over it and a red tie around her neck. She was going into 7th grade and she just moved to Japan from America. It had taken her a while but she finally got the language down.
So now she was on her way to school… unfortunately, she's now lost and school is about to start heading home. Just then a girl with pink hair ran past her wearing the same uniform as her. 'She must go to the same school; if I follow her she would lead me to the same place.' She quickly followed the pink haired girl and they made it to school just before the bell rang. While the girl with pink hair went to the right, she turned left heading to the office.
She walked into the office calmly; she gave them her name and got her schedule and a pass to get to class.
She was in class 7-1 and it was on the second floor. She got there and tapped on the door, there was a voice that stopped and called for her to come in.
"You must be the new student, they told me you were coming today. Class I would like you to meet your new class mate, Nightingale Erica. Nightingale-chan would you like to say anything to the class?" The teacher asked.
"It's nice to meet you." She replied in calm and collected way.
A few murmurs went around such as, 'she's so cool' 'and spicy' 'just like Amu-chan'
"Erica-chan you can have a seat right behind misses Amu-chan." The teacher said indicating to an empty seat behind the pink haired girl that was sitting in the back next to a curly haired blond girl.
She headed to her seat and the class started.
At lunch she sat by herself and ate her bento box while observing all her new class mates.
'Everyone seems so happy.' Her thoughts were interrupted by a voice saying her name.
"Nightingale Erica? May I have lunch with you?" it was the curly haired blond girl that was sitting next to Hinamori Amu. What was her name again? "Sure."
"You may call me Rima-chan, if you like Erica-chan." She said puller her desk over.
"It is nice to meet you Rima-chan." Erica said smiling to her. The girl with pink hair soon followed Rima-chan. "Hi, my name is Hinamori Amu, may I join you?" she asked.
"Sure." Erica said giving her a smile.
They talked about many things and what they liked to do. Then Rima asked the question that was avoided up till then. "So, Erica, where are you from?" the class seemed to quiet down slightly at the question.
"America." Erica said quietly. Then it really did go quiet because no one was saying anything.
"So what brings you to Japan?" Amu asked breaking the silence in the room. People went back to their lunches and conversations.
"My father's work, the company moved here about a month ago." Erica said ending the conversation.
After lunch they had class again, so the day continued.
Once class was over Rima, Amu, and Erica all headed down the steps of the school headed for home.
Rima was the first to start up a conversation. "When did you move here Erica?" her voice was monotone voice.
"Last week, my parents wanted me to learn more of your language before I started school." Erica explained.
"Your accent is good but you still need practice." Rima said as they reached the corner. A car pulled up to them. "This is my ride so I'll see you tomorrow." With that she got in the car and drove away from the school.
Amu and Erica continued on their way home. At that moment Erica remembered about this morning. "I want to thank you Amu-Chan. If you hadn't been late this morning I would have never made it to school, so thank you."
"Oh, that was you behind me? Yeah, I over slept and my… mother had to force me out of bed."Amu said after a moment of thought.
"Oh, I see." Erica said in understanding. After a few minutes of walking Erica stopped in front of a white house with a balcony on the top right hand side of the house. "This is my stop. I'll see you tomorrow Amu-chan."
"I live just a on the other side of this house. See you in the morning Erica-chan." Amu said waving good-bye as Erica walked inside.
Later that night Erica was leaning the railing of her balcony, looking up at the stars, after finishing her homework. 'It's beautiful here, but I miss America.' She thought back to the day's events. 'Amu-chan and Rica-chan are so confident. All I can think of to say to a new school is 'nice to meet you' I'm so lame.' She thought to herself.
She went over to her bed and laid down to relax. 'I wish I was more confident so I could find out my full potential.' She closed her eyes after and slowly fell asleep.
~meanwhile~
Amu was home with her chara's, Ran, Miki, Su, and Dia. She was finishing her homework after she had finished helping clean up after dinner.
"I like this new girl, Erica-chan." Dia said happily. Ran and Su were spinning around in the air near the desk Amu was working on. "Me too." They said together.
Miki was drawing something while Amu was working. Amu looked up for a moment to see what her little blue chara was up to. "What are you drawing Miki?" She asked.
Miki held up her sketch book to show Amu. The picture was of Erica in her uniform. Her long hair in a ponytail and with her eyes shining like stars. A smile was on her face as well. "There's something about Erica-chan that reminds me of you." She said admiring the picture.
Amu was so into the picture that she didn't hear the Balcony door open and someone quietly walk in. She was suddenly enveloped in two strong arms from behind. She was about to scream when she looked up to see a pair of deep blue eyes that belonged to only one person she knew of.
"Ikuto!" Amu exclaimed making her Chara's stop what they were doing.
"You really should lock that door Amu. Anyone could come in and harm you." He said with his trade mark smirk. His head now leaning on her shoulders.
Amu blushed and got out of her seat and out of his arms. "What are you doing here?" she asked seriously while still blushing.
Ikuto grinned at her. "Can't I come see you for no reason?"
"No!" Amu said angrily turning away from him. What a mistake that was.
Ikuto walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "That's not very nice Amu." He whispered in her ear making her shiver.
"I-it wasn't supposed to be nice." Amu said trying to keep up her 'cool 'n spicy' act.
"That's Amu for you." Miki said shaking her head sadly.
"She's merely in denial." Dia said calmly.
Amu stiffened at her chara's words making Ikuto smirk even more.
"She's blushing! It must be true!" Ran said giggling out of reach of Amu.
Miki turned to Ikuto who had still not released Amu from his grasp. "Ikuto, where's Yoru?"
He thought for a moment, "He said something about checking out the new people on the block.
Before the word 'what?' could be spoken from the three other chara's Miki was out the balcony door and headed for Erica's. The other girls followed her leaving Amu and Ikuto alone.
"Looks like I have you all to myself." Ikuto whispered in her ear.
"Pervert!" Amu said getting out of his grip and heading to the balcony to see if she could see what was happening.
The four chara's where already in front of Erica's house when Miki spotted Yoru going into the house via the balcony door.
"Yoru." Miki said quietly to herself before speeding up to reach him before he did something stupid. The other three girls following her trying to keep up.
As they came into the room they saw Yoru picking something up off the bed.
"Yoru! What do you think you are doing?" Miki yelled at him. Her scream startled him and he dropped what he was holding.
Dia dived for the object, catching it before it hit the ground. The girls all sighed in relief before Miki turned her attention back to Yoru. "Answer the question! What do you think you were doing?" She yelled again.
"You know you can't take a new born egg!" Dia yelled after placing the egg back on the bed next to the person.
"Egg?" Ran, Miki, and Su asked simultaneously.
"Nya, I don't need any competition!" he said before flying off through the window and back to Amu's room. The girls didn't even get to ask him what he meant before Ikuto and Yoru were leaving.
"Later, Amu-koi" Ikuto said before jumping off the balcony and going who-knows-where.
Amu looked out to where he had disappeared before going inside with her chara's.
"That was an interesting day ~desu." Su said before going to her spot in the basket and falling asleep in her egg.
"I'm so tired from yelling at Yoru. I don't know what that cat is thinking sometimes." Miki said going to her egg to sleep.
"Good night Amu-chan." Ran said waving a pom pom and going to sleep in her egg.
"See you in the morning." Dia said before following the others and going to sleep as well.
"Good night girls. Sleep well." Amu said before changing into her PJ's and going to sleep herself after turning off the light.
The next morning Amu's block was woken up by a long and loud scream from one of the houses.
"What was that?" Ran asked popping out of her egg.
"You don't think…" Miki said popping up.
"That that was…" Dia continued.
"Erica-chan ~desu!" Su finished popping up as they all flew over to Amu.
"Amu-chan, Come on!" Ran yelled worriedly.
"We think that was Erica-chan that yelled like that!" Dia said
"She might be in trouble." Miki finished
"Let me get dressed and ready and we'll go see if she's all right."Amu said before getting up and going into the bathroom to brush her teeth and hair. She then proceeded to get dressed quickly and headed out to Erica's house.
When they got there Erica was walking out of her house looking completely calm.
"Good morning Erica-chan." Amu greeted as if she said it every morning.
"Good morning Amu0.-chan." Erica said sounding slightly relived. "Ready for school?" she asked.
Amu nodded and they were on their way to the middle school unknowingly being followed by something in the trees.
Once at school Erica noticed that people were staring and whispering about her and Amu as they walked by. "Does everyone act like this here?" She whispered to Amu.
"No they just think that we are 'cool 'n spicy'." Amu explained before they reached their class. Did you hear that loud scream this morning?" Amu asked as they sat down in their seats and Amu turned to face her.
Erica was quiet for a moment as if she had to think about it. "Yeah I did, I wonder who it was." She said sounding a little nervous.
"I don't know." Amu said before turning back around in her seat because class was about to start.
During break Amu took a walk around the floor and talked to her chara's along the way.
"So you're telling me that Erica-chan has a heart egg, and you think Yoru tired to take it last night?" Amu said after the girls told her what happened the night before at Erica's house. The four nodded at her as conformation. "Do you think Ikuto knows?"
The girls thought for a minute. "Yoru would only tell him that if he had a death wish." Miki said crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"He did say that he didn't need any competition." Ran said bringing her pompom's in front of her.
"We never did learn what he meant by that either." Dia said looking worried.
"I think it would be a good idea to watch out for Ikuto and Yoru in case they do go after Erica-chan." Amu said as they reached her class room again.
"I agree with you Amu-chan ~desu." Su said
Looking around Amu couldn't find Erica anywhere, even thou her bag was still there. "Maybe she's in the girl's room." Amu thought out loud but only so loud so loud that only her chara's and herself could hear.
They headed off in that direction in case they were right. As they reached the corner before the hall where the girls room was they heard a scream coming from said room. They quickly ran to see what was wrong.
Inside the girls room Erica was washing her hands when a husky voice came from behind her. "So you're the one with the new Chara egg."
Startled Erica turned around and screamed. Ikuto jumped in front of her and her mouth. "There's no need to scream. Just give me the egg and I'll leave." Ikuto started reaching for her pocket when the bathroom door swung open and in stepped Amu.
"That's not the Embryo Ikuto! Leave her alone." Amu said running up to him.
Before she reached him he jumped away. "Till next time Amu." He said before jumping out the window and off somewhere.
Amu turned to Erica. "Are you alright Erica-chan?" Amu asked.
Erica was fixated on the window that the boy, whose name she was to shocked to remember what Amu had called him, had jumped threw. "Who was that?"
Amu paused for a moment. "That was…" the bell rang signaling that it was time to get back to class. "Uh-oh, come on. Class is going to start soon. We don't want to be late.
Erica nodded in agreement and they made their way back to class. Along the way Erica saw four creatures floating close to Amu's head. 'What are those? Is that what my eggs are going to look like?' she thought to herself.
They made it to class just as the bell rang to start class.
~After school~
Erica and Amu were walking home when Amu brought up the incident in the bathroom. "Is your egg okay?" She asked.
Erica surprised by the question stopped in her tracks and looked at Amu with wide eyes. "How did you know I had an egg? I never implied that what that boy said about me having an egg was true." She paused for a moment. "You're not going to try and take it too are you?" unwanted fear creeping into her voice.
Amu stopped and stared at Erica for a moment before she burst out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Erica asked glaring at her now.
Amu calmed down before she spoke. "Don't worry. I won't take your egg. I already have four of my own and besides. That egg is your would be self." Before Amu could continue they heard a 'nya' from above them. Looking up they saw Ikuto looking down at them from the roof top.
"Hello again. Miss me?" He asked as he jumped down and landed on his feet.
Erica now saw that he had cat ears and a tale that swished back and forth. 'A-are those real?!' She asked herself in surprise. She was so caught up in her thoughts she didn't year the conversation being held in front of her.
"I'll be taking the egg now." Ikuto said walking up close to Erica.
"You know the rules Ikuto. You can't take someone's unborn egg." Amu said jumping in front of him.
"Are you going to follow that kiddy king all your days of school Amu?" Ikuto asked before jumping over her and Erica to get behind her. "Now about that egg."
Erica came back to reality just as Ikuto landed behind her. She quickly put her hand in her pocket to try and prevent him from getting to them. "You can't have them. I won't let you!" just then as Ikuto went to grab for her egg, a light came from Erica's pocket. Pulling out the warmest egg in her pocket, which was the glowing one, Yoru came down next to Ikuto.
"Ikuto, Embryo!!"Yoru exclaimed.
Just as Ikuto reached for it. The egg floated out of his reach a crack formed in the middle and it hatched.
Okay. That's it for now, I'm still working on the second chapter.
Ikuto: I liked it. Does Amu ever answer my question?
Miko: you will just have to read to find out.
Ikuto: so where is it?
Miko: holds up small little note pad. Right in here.
Ikuto: let me see! *goes to grab it*
Miko: get's it out of his reach. Please review and tell me what you think. Down kitty, or no more cat nip for you!
Ikuto: you're so mean. At least tell me if there's more AMUTO!
Miko: so far no, but there is a few new characters. Like Erica's Family, and… IKUTO! NO MORE TRICKING THE AUTHER INTO TELLING WHAT'S COMING UP OR ILL MAKE THIS A TADAMU!! Even though I hate that paring.
Ikuto: goes and sits in Emo corner.
Miko: good, now R&R and the next chapter will be up as soon as I can get it on here. Ja ne!