Hey guys. So apparently I can't have lyrics in my story. But I see a lot of lyrics in stories. But hey better safe than sorry right? And some of you asked how old everyone was and they're after the 11 Years Later thing. Anyways, I'm a newbie so I apologize if I suck. This is chapter one of Training the Tiger entitled The Beginning. Hope you like it! I don't nor will I ever own Shugo Chara.

(Normal POV)

A man in his early 30s with midnight blue hair and sapphire eyes walked into his home with his hunting gear still on. "Dad!" a seven year old Ikuto yelled in excitement while running to hug his father, he was the perfect image of his father. "How was your trip? What did you catch? Was it hard? How did you hunt it? Can you teach me? When can I-" the little boy was cut off when his mother came into the room.

"That's enough Ikuto. Let your father rest, he must be tired from his trip." Souko said to her son in a sweet voice while entering the room, she has blond hair and violet eyes. "How did your trip go sweetheart?"

"It went well, and I'm not that tired. Just a little-" "DADDY!" a six year old Utau yelled as she tackled her father in a bear hug and he winced, and just like Ikuto looks like his father, Utau looks like her mother. "Soar." Aruto said. (A/N: He continued from when he left off.)

The Tsukiyomi's lived in a big mansion away from Tokyo and near the forest. Tsukiyomi Aruto runs a very famous hunting company and he is a very famous hunter himself. Hunting has been in his family for generations, so has the company. The company's name is Worldwide. It's known for its keen hunters and amazing hunts. Whether it's on land, water, or sky; Worldwide can hunt it. It's a worldwide company. (A/N: Hehe. Sorry it's a lame name.)

It was Ikuto's dream to become a famous hunter just like his father. He wanted to be able to hunt anything and everything. Whenever his father told him his hunting stories, he was amazed every time. And he dreamed of the day he could go with him on one of his hunting trips.

"Dad, since you're not tired can you tell us about your trip?" Ikuto asked with excitement.

"Yeah, how'd it go daddy?"

"Why don't we go into the living room and he could tell you there." suggested Souko, and they headed to the living room. They sat down and Aruto started to tell them about his trip.

"Ok so this time we were hunting the Bengal tigers in one of the uninhabited islands near Japan."

"What's the difference between Bengal tigers and regular tigers Papa?" Utau asked.

"Bengal tigers are much more dangerous than regular tigers. They will kill you in a split second." Ikuto said confidently.

"That's right Ikuto. So while we were looking for them we heard loud roars. We headed in that direction and we came across a cave and at the other end of the cave there were hundreds of them…" While Aruto was explaining his trip Ikuto was listening in awe. He wanted to hunt many things but to hunt the Bengal tiger was his biggest dream. And to know that his father hunted them just a few days ago just made his dream ten times bigger. Aruto finished his story and Ikuto couldn't hold back his excitement.

"Dad, next time you hunt a Bengal tiger can I come with you?" Ikuto asked.

"Ikuto that's very dangerous!" Souko said with worry in her voice.

"I'll tell you what Ikuto, I'll take you to hunting trips with me when you're older and when you have enough experience I'll take you to hunt a Bengal tiger."

"You promise?"

"I promise."

"Aruto!" Souko protested with worry still in her voice.

"He'll be fine sweetie. I'll make sure of it."

"What about me Papa?!" Utau wined hating the fact that she was left out.

"Oh no. You're not going anywhere; you're going to stay with me where it's safe." Souko said squeezing her daughter in a bear hug.

"Mom…can't…breath." Utau said struggling to get air. Souko let go of her and they all burst out laughing and ended up talking about random stuff. But as they were talking they had no idea that Aruto just impacted the life of a poor little pink haired golden eyed five year old girl.

-A Few Days Ago- (Amu's POV)

'I'm alive? Wait, was I supposed to be dead? Where am I? All I see is black.' I thought as I tried to come back to reality. As I tried to open my eyes I saw a blinding light and squeezed them shut again. Then I tried to sit only to have my hands shot to my head. It hurt so badly I thought I was going to die from the pain. Then it started to go away little by little until it was gone. I tried to sit up again and succeeded. Then I tried opening my eyes again. It was blurry at first but they adjusted quickly.

"Where am I?" Well at least I know I could talk. I started to look at what was around me. Trees, lots of them. Plants; vines; grass; dirt; I felt a little wet too. 'Did it rain?' I thought. I tried to stand, it took some work but I did it. I looked down at what I was wearing. It was a torn up, dirty white nightgown. It was a little wet with a bit of red stuff here and there, but not much. My hair was in two messy pigtails. I took them out since they looked like they were about to fall off anyways. My hair reached the middle of my back. It was pink. For some reason I thought it was supposed to make me sad. But I don't remember why. Then I realized I didn't remember anything.

'Who am I? Where did I come from? Who is my family? How did I get here? Where is "here"?' All these questions were going through my head as fast as a roller coaster. It made my head hurt again, and just as bad as last time. Then something popped into my head and it stopped hurting just like that.

"A-M-U. Amu."

'Amu? Is that my name? Yeah. That's my name. I remember! But is that it?' I thought.

Then I saw a yellow bird on the branch of a tree staring at me. I stared back too and we stayed like that for a while. It was like I was under a spell. Then it flew away just like that and the spell was broken. I shrugged it off and came back to the real world.

I tried walking. It wasn't as hard as I thought but I did trip over a few vines sometimes. I kept walking, to see if I could find or see something. But I didn't find anything and all I saw was more and more trees. It was getting dark and I was tired and cold. I tripped over a vine again but this time fell. I was too tired to get up so I just stayed there.

'Is this the end for me? I'm so tired. Am I going to die here? Will anyone miss me if I'm gone? Am I going to die without even knowing who I am? Am I going to die alone? I don't like being alone. I'm scared.' I was about to close my eyes when I saw something move.

"Is someone there?" I asked no response.

Then something in the bush behind me moved. I turned to see what it was and I saw a pair of glowing eyes. When they came out into the moonlight I saw that it was a tiger. A big one. Then a bunch of them came out all around me. But they weren't as big as the one in front of me. I was scared. I was really scared, but then I asked myself 'Why are you scared?' Then I thought about it and I realized I didn't know why I was scared, so there was no point to be.

I looked at the tiger again. Its eyes were mesmerizing, even though I don't know what that means. 'I think it means pretty, but don't remember. Oh well.' Soon I just got lost in its eyes and I knew what I had to do. I had to sing so I did.

I started to slowly get closer to the tiger. I was a little surprised; I didn't even know I knew that song.

I sounded kind of weird with me high five year old voice. But I kept singing. I reached the tiger and started to cress its fur. It started to relax then I heard it purr. I looked around and saw that the rest of the tigers were beginning to relax too. The song was about to end.

I held the last note with my eyes closed. When I opened them I looked into the tigers eyes again. It sent a calm feeling though my body and I knew what it wanted me to do, just like the first time. I got on its back and it started taking me where I belonged. Or at least that's what I understood. Its back was so soft, like a bed. It didn't take long till I was out like a light.

When I woke up, it was morning. The ground felt soft and I think my head was on top of a pillow. When I looked behind me I saw a tiger. Then I looked around me and I saw hundreds of tigers. We were surrounded by a big rock; I think it was used like a gate. There were a few cave openings I think those were the exits. Then the tiger from last night came, I now know that he is the leader of all these tigers. 'I think he's like their king; and the ones that were with him last night were like the army; and the tigers here are like people in a kingdom. Families, friends, and tigers giving out food to each other and everyone's getting along. It's like a big, happy kingdom. But if that's true than what am I in the kingdom?'

With all my thinking I didn't realize that the king led me to what looked like a stage. All of the tigers in the kingdom gathered around it, even the children and the old ones. I looked at the king to find out what I was supposed to do. I looked into his eyes again and I knew what to do. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes then I began to sing.

I have to admit I was really nervous. 'Why did he want me to sing in front of everyone? Is this a type of test? What's going to happen if I mess up? Will they kick me out? Am I going to be alone again? I don't want to be alone. I like it here. Even though I don't know what my place is here. But this is all I know I don't remember where I belong. Please don't leave me alone. I don't like being alone, it scares me.' Tears started to come out my eyes as I kept on singing. And when I finished I opened my eyes.

The tigers were all there in the same spot from when I started singing. I wiped away my tears and looked at the king. He came next to me and I looked into his eyes again. I was supposed to wait, I didn't know for what but I'd know it when it happened and I'd know what to do when it came. So I waited. There was a short silence until one of the tigers broke it by roaring. Soon every tiger was roaring then I knew what they were doing. They were accepting me into their kingdom and I was supposed to roar back. So I took the biggest breath I could and let it out.

"ROOOOAAAARRRRRR!" I roared as loud as I could. And I kept roaring and I have to admit it was kind of fun.

"ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" That was the roar of the king, it was so loud. When he roared everyone stopped. Then he looked at me. I looked into his eyes and at that moment I became ten times happier! I wasn't just accepted into the kingdom I was accepted as his daughter! I gave my new Papa a bear hug, or in this case a tiger hug. I was now the princess of this kingdom! But the thing that made me really happy is that I had a family! Then I saw the yellow bird from before staring at me from a tree, then fly away again. I wonder what it wanted but I pushed that thought aside to enjoy my happiness right now.

But my happiness ended all too quick. Suddenly people came through the caves. They all looked like me at that moment I was in awe, but what happened next left me terrified. They started to fight. The people started to kill and capture as many tigers as they could. There was blood everywhere and cries for help could be heard a mile away. My papa put me on his back and we started to leave the kingdom. Some of the other tigers were too while the army stayed and fought. While we were leaving I took one last look at the fight. The last thing I saw was a head full of midnight blue hair.

-Time Leap-

Only a little bit of the kingdom survived, my kingdom. But the thing that bothered me the most is that they were killed by people like me, monsters. 'Is that what I am too? Am I a monster?' I started to cry. Then I felt my papa push me a little to get my attention. I looked into his eyes then I looked at my kingdom. They were sad and scared then I remembered that my singing calmed them down, and I nodded at my father to let him know that I knew what to do.

I stated to sing and when I was done they were calm. And at that moment I found out that I wasn't like those monsters that killed my kingdom. My name is Amu, and I am not one of those monsters. I am a tiger. Then I saw the yellow bird again, I think it wanted to talk to me.

-11 Years Later- (Still Amu's POV) -Ages- Amu: 16 Ikuto: 18

"5, 4, 7, 2, 1. Ready or not here I come."(A/N: Remember she has the vocabulary of a 5 year old so her counting is off.) I was playing hide and seek with my friends Ran, Miki, and Suu. Yes hide and seek, over the years I have remembered a few games I think I used to play. I heard the branches in a tree next to me move a little. I smirked and started to climb it. I pushed away some branches out of the way and found my target.

"Ha, I found you Ran!" I declared my first victory with the monkey sitting in front of me. I found Ran about what I think was a few years ago when she was a baby. She's a very energetic, happy, and fun monkey and a good friend. "So Ran, can you help me find Miki?" I know she can't understand what I'm saying but just like I can understand the tigers she understand me. Then she just nodded to confirm it. So we started to search for our furry friend.

Miki is like my little sister. After the monsters attacked us when I barely became princess, I found Miki as a cub crying. I found out that her parents were killed by the monsters. That just made me hate them more. Yeah I said it I hate people! Well anyways, she was all alone with no family nothing. She reminded me of me before I met Papa, so I asked him if we could take care of her and being the great Papa he is he took her in as his own just like he did with me. And now she's my, not so little any more, little sister.

"E-ohE-ohAhAhAhAh" Ran called me over to see a tail sticking out of a bush. I put a finger over my mouth to signal her to stay quiet. Then I jumped on top of the bush and attacked Miki in a tiger hug. (A/N: Since she now lives with tigers she replaced bear hug with tiger hug) I started to laugh while I rolled off Miki's back. "Found you Miki!" I said as I continued laughing while holding my sides. Then Suu hoped out of the bush she was hiding in knowing she won. Suu is a little rabbit that I found a little after I found Ran. "We should go back now. Lunch will start soon." I said then I started walking back to the kingdom. Miki and Suu were walking next to me and Ran climbed to be around my shoulders.

I looked a whole lot different from when I first woke up. My pink hair reached down to my mid-thigh. It's really tangled because I never bush it, but what can I do if I don't have a brush. I got rid of the nightgown as fast as I could and replaced it with a dress made out of tiger's skin.

The kingdom is a whole lot different from what it was before too. It's just a really big cave with a really big space in front of it and it's next to a waterfall. It's really pretty too; the waterfall flows to a really long river where I take a bath. When we got to the kingdom I noticed that no one was outside. Then I realized I was late for lunch. 'Darn it! Papa's going to kill me!' I thought as I ran inside the cave. Everyone was there; they all were eating except for Papa. I gave an apologetic smile. A few years ago Papa, Miki, and I made a deal. None of us would eat until we all were there. That way Papa could stop patrolling the jungle so long and me and Miki wouldn't play too much. But I guess it skipped my mind today. We sat down to eat; everyone eats meat but Ran, Suu, and I eat fruits and vegetables since the first time I tried it I ended up throwing up for a week.

When everyone finished I stood up started singing. It has become tradition for me to sing after every meal and when everyone wakes up and is about to go to sleep. I also sing when someone is sick, injured, or after someone died. I've come to love it when I sing because it makes everyone happy. But I could never remember more songs. So from the time when they found me till now I've sang the exact same song every time. But I guess that's okay.

(Ikuto's POV)

RING, RING!

School just ended and I was driving to Worldwide to help my dad with some paperwork. Over the years I've been working in Worldwide and going on trips with my dad. I'm a pretty good hunter and I've hunted a lot of things over the years, but my dream was still to hunt a Bengal Tiger. Like the ones my dad hunted when I was seven.

I arrived at Worldwide and walked through the doors and headed for the front desk. They always have the resent hunting request and I always ask to see if there's anything interesting. A hunt request is a hunt that someone needs, like for close and food and stuff like that. (A/N: I just made that up I don't know if that's a real or not)

"Good afternoon Ikuto-sama" The lady at the front desk said. Since I'm going to run this company in the future they treat me like the boss.

"Like wise. So is there any new hunt request?"

"Three actually. A frilled shark, a buffalo, and a Bengal tiger." My eyes widened at the last one.

"Thanks." I said keeping my cool. Then I walked to my father's office. 'I finally get too hunt a Bengal tiger and I have enough experience too. Dad better keep his promise.' I smirked knowing that my dad would never break a promise.

I walked in his office with my smirk still on and he knew exactly what I was smirking about. He sighed in defeat.

"Go home and pack, we're leaving tomorrow. Just tell your mother we're hunting the buffalo so she doesn't kill me."

"Deal."

With that I headed home to pack everything I needed for the trip. 'I'm finally going get my dream.'

There, chapter one finished. By the way Amu's song was supposed to be Beautiful by Christina Aguilera. And in case you're confused the little communication that Amu has with the animals is kind of like a combination of telepathy and instinct through the eyes. I'll explain it better in another chapter. And I know nothing about tigers so please don't kill me if I get something wrong, just go with it. I hope you enjoyed and please R&R. :-)