Amu is a normal high school girl, but on her first day strange things start to happen. Whenever the moon or a cat is involved she gets immense pains in her head along with a strange boy's voice in her head. Yet, when she tries to remember who's voice it is her head throbs even more and she just can't remember. Who is the boy in her head that calls to her? And why can't she remember him?!
Okay so this is my new Shugo chara story. Please Rate and review so I know how you like it. I'll try to get more up since this is such a short first chapter, but yeah. Oh and I do not own any shugo chara anything.
Chapter 1: A Cat and the Moon
"Amu! You're going to be late to school if you don't hurry up!" a voice called from downstairs.
Amu was in mid-brush when she looked over at her clock. In bright red numbers, 8:00 blinked as though it knew the urgency of the time. Amu needed to be at school in less than thirty minutes and she hadn't even eaten or finished getting ready! Amu hurriedly pulled back some of her semi-long pink hair and pinned it out of her face with an old heart shaped barrette. She checked in the mirror to make sure her uniform was just the way she wanted it before rushing out her room with her bag in hand. She sped down the stairs, taking a leap instead of actually walking down the few steps that were left.
"Amu! What have I-" her mother started before Amu interrupted her
"Sorry! I'm running late on my first day of high school!" She apologized frantically as she grabbed a piece of toast from her little sister's, Ami's, plate.
"That was mine!" Ami protested as she reached out to grab her sister, but was too slow.
"Sorry!" She yelled her apology as she ran out the front door.
Her father's car wasn't in the driveway this morning since he was out doing his job, but she remembered the phone call he had with her the night before. He still worried and cried since it was his girls' first days at school and he wasn't there to take pictures. Amu ran down the street trying to keep a steady pace. As she arrived, the last of the high school kids were filing into the auditorium. Amu rushed inside and up onto stage where the other guardians were sitting. The group of sixteen year olds and the one seventeen year old were familiar faces she hadn't missed since she first saw them in elementary school.
A lean and princely type, Tadase, sat properly as he always did since she had first met him. He still had the same haircut, changing little from when they were younger except he had gotten taller and a bit more boyish. Next to him sat the other girl in the guardians, Rima, a girl who hadn't changed too much. She still had the face of a doll, but her face had become slimmer and her body wasn't childish anymore with her more curved body. She was no longer shorter than Amu, but didn't exceed her even with her long beautifully slim legs. On the other side of Tadase sat a boy with a girlish face like Tadase's known as Nagihiko, or just Nagi.. He was taller than Tadase by an inch, around 5'5, but even though he was slender, he had a toned body. Then next to Nagi was the older seventeen year old, Kukai. He was a star athlete for the school and the perfect body all athletes seemed to possess. He was the tallest out of everyone, averaging at about 5'6, and he was the most mature out of everyone.
Amu waved at the other guardians before apologizing, "Sorry, I was running a bit late this morning!"
Kukai smiled at her with his distinctive big grin and told her, "No problem, you made it just in time!"
Rima turned to Amu and smiled softly at her like she usually did, "Amu, the joker needs to be here on time as well. We have to be more responsible."
Rima turned to face the audience with a small smile on her face. Amu smiled back at her knowing that she was only joking around with her while in public. Of course it was important because they were all young and the "Guardians" had replaced all the rest of the student council with their own system. Amu looked around and saw the older kids looking at them harshly and Amu knew they weren't happy that kids younger than them were going to be higher up than them. She felt the light touch of a hand as it pushed a stray hair out of her face. Amu turned quickly as Tadase retracted his hand, giving Amu a shy smile.
She couldn't help but blush slightly as Tadase apologized, "Sorry, I just thought that it would be better if everyone could see your face properly."
Both faces turned red just as they would when they were younger. It was no different except that as children they had confessed to each other and had gone out during junior high. Unfortunately, they decided to part ways, but stay friends before entering high school. As the two of them fidgeted momentarily, Amu took her seat on the other side of Rima, trying to hide her reddening face. Rima chuckled slightly before Tadase got up from his chair and walked over to the podium.
He cleared his throat, grabbing the attention of everyone, before starting, "Welcome everyone to this new year. I am Hotori Tadase, King's chair of the guardians. I will introduce the rest of the guardians before proceeding. On the far right is Soma Kukai, Ace's chair…"
Tadase paused momentarily as Kukai stood up, waved then sat back down, "…next to him is Fujisaki Nagihiko, Jack's chair,"
Nagihiko did the same motions as Kukai before sitting, "then on the left, next to Nagihiko, is Mashiro Rima, queen's chair."
Tadase paused again as Rima waved from her chair instead of standing then continued, "Last, but not least. The joker's chair is Hinamori Amu."
Amu waved from her chair, but not sophisticated like Rima had. Instead she gave one wave of her hand and along with her relaxed pose, she once again, messed up and made everyone think she was playing cool. People began to whisper amongst each other as they tried to interpet her actions. Whats wrong with me?! I still can't break free from my old self?! Amu thought to herself, angrily beating herself up on the inside. As the ceremony continued, Tadase finished what he had to say before releasing the students to go to their respective classes. Kukai was in a different grade so he parted from the rest of the group early on. Everyone else walked together to their classes. All of the guardians had been put into separate classes amongst their grade to ensure that there was guardian in every classroom in case of trouble.
"I wonder how Yaya is doing being the Queens chair of the middle school division?" Amu asked.
"I'm sure Yaya is doing fine. Although she was dead set against us leaving her there while we all graduated," Rima added as she remembered the crying Yaya on their last day of middle school.
"Yes, Yaya-chan still hasn't broken herself of her old childish ways." Nagihiko joked.
Tadase laughed lightly before waving good bye as they went their separate ways. Amu walked into her class with everyone staring at her just like any other year. She took her seat as she tried to be cool and calm just as she did every year. Amu over heard some girls mention seeing the beautiful moon last night and immediately she felt a throbbing sensation in her head. What is all that about? Amu thought to herself as her class started.
When the day had ended, the guardians gathered outside the school since they didn't have their royal garden anymore. As they all walked together, talking about their classes, Amu spaced out again and noticed in one of the trees that a stray cat was lazily sleeping on one of the branches. Amu felt the same throb from earlier in her head again as she closed her eyes from the intense pain. A familiar, but unknown voice to her shouted her name within her mind.
"Amu, are you all right?" Rima asked when she noticed that Amu had stopped walking and was clutching her hands at her head.
She was about to object and reassure them she was fine, but then she blacked out and fainted to the ground…
When Amu awoke she was lying in her bed and she could see that it was dark outside. She slid out of bed and walked out onto her balcony. She looked up into the night sky and saw the luminescent moon shining down on her. Then pain started again. Her head throbbed and pulsated like as though it was trying to break from the inside out. Amu collapsed to her knees as the same voice from earlier yelled into her head.
"Amu! Amu! Amu!" the familiar voice yelled.
Amu couldn't recognize it and yet she got the feeling like as though she ought to know who's voice it was. Amu's breath became frequent and short like as though she was having a panic attack.
"What is going on?!" She screamed before jumping at the sight of her neighbor's cat jumping onto the balcony with her.
Then the picture of a face popped into her head. A scene of her stroking the boy's hair as he laid his head in her lap, his fur-like hair reminding her of a stray cat. The pulsating and pain grew worse as memories of this boy started to come back. Then very abruptly it felt like as though something was very wrong. She couldn't remember the boy's name as a face finally entered her head, but it seemed to be almost blocked out.
"What is going on?! Why is this boy in my head?! Who is he?! Why can't I remember his name?!" Amu cried out as she collapsed to her knees, her hands still grasping at her aching head…
Alright I hope this makes you wanna read more, so please review! I'll try and write more if possible depending how this story goes. Review please! (for the unteenth time)