"Amu! Are you ready for your first of ninth grade! Fourteen years old!", Ran called flying over and tugging on Amu's pink hair. Amu opened her eyes gasping.

"Ninth grade! Fourteen!", she called out sitting up. Su squealed flying over to her, while Miki went to pick out her outfit.

"That's right! That means Ikuto is eighteen years old! And Yaya's thirteen! And Kukai's fifteen. And that Tadase is fifteen", Su squealed. Amu gasped. Ikuto. Ikuto had left to go find his father, but he hadn't been back in two years. Every new school year Su counted down how old Ikuto and Yoru were. Amu sighed. Ikuto used to text her, and keep in touch but then he suddenly stopped. She missed him truly, but she knew she liked Tadase. Ah Tadase. For years they had played their love game until last year they started dating. Amu giggled, and Ran smiled.

"Thinking about Tadase?", she asked. Amu snapped back to life frowning. She shook her head.

"No!", she shouted at Ran. Miki and Su giggled. Ran raised her eyebrows.

"You have your Tadase-kun face on", Ran said with a giggle. Amu fumed and turned away crossing her arms.

"I do not! Miki where's my outfit!", Amu shouted trying to change the subject. Miki pulled out my awesome punk outfit. Perfectly cool and spicy. My style. My parents had sent me to a private school where we didn't have to where a uniform. Since it was the last year I was going to junior year in middle school. I was so going to rock this year. Like I did every year. I pulled up my striped knee high socks, tugged on my dark orchid purple mini skirt, and my long sleeved hot pink shirt with out shoulders. A choker necklace that my best friend Rima had gotten me with a charm that had a pink heart, a blue spade, a green clover, and a golden diamond. She knew me so well. That reminded me...

"Hey Miki where's Dia?", I asked my artistic Guardian Character. Dia was my inspiring Guardian Character. I could really use her right now! Miki smiled.

"She left because she knew you would want to character change with her and she said she wanted you to do this on your own", Miki said, Su and Ran laughing. I frowned.

"Traitor", I muttered pulling my pink short hair up into a ponytail. Su frowned.

"She said she will meet you in class", Su said nodding. I knew Su didn't like it when I got mad at them even if I wasn't mad at her. I nodded. Suddenly Ami, Amu's seven year old sister ran into the room.

"AMU-CHAN! You are going to be late for school!", Ami said tossing back her strawberry blond hair. Ami would be starting the second grade. Amu knew that Ami could no longer see her Guardian Characters. Ran and Miki were glad, but Su missed her. Ami had gotten quite spoiled, like Yaya had, but Amu still loved her.

"Ami what have I said about coming into my room!", Amu asked. Ami was wearing frills and lace and pink. Amu remember when her mother had bought her her cool and spicy clothes, and when she had bought Ami the cute and sweet clothes. To think if my mother hadn't bought me those clothes I could have been a completely different person. Ami rolled her eyes.

"Oh please Sister! Like it matters! Come on though mom has packed your lunch, and made dinner. You missed pictures too, not that I don't mind being in them alone", Ami said smiling. Amu rolled her golden eyes. Ami loved attention.

"I'm coming. Let me grab my bag and I will go. You want to wait for me so I can walk you?", I asked her. She was after all only seven. She started laughing her long strawberry blond hair swinging in it's bun.

"Why would you need to walk me?", she asked me. Amu frowned. She always thought Ami would be less annoying when she grew up a little, but now she was even more so. Always acting so high and mighty. Amu though she should have the cool and spicy character not her.

She left Amu's room, and Amu grabbed her bag. Miki, Ran, and Su all decided to float by Amu's side instead of watching from inside my bag. Amu ran down the stairs and grabbed a piece of toast, and pecked her mom on the cheek. Her mom smiled.

"What's got you up so early?", she asked smiling down at Amu. Amu blushed, stuffing a orange into her bag. Ami looked up from her father, who was taking her picture. Ami grinned at her older sister.

"She wants to meet up with her boyfriend before she gets to school!", Ami said smugly. Her father yelped, and Amu smacked her forehead. Leave it to Ami to cause trouble.

"Amu-chan! You told me you were going to meet Rima-chan and Yaya-chan! Not that...that...boy!", her father yelled. Amu rolled her eyes, and shot a glare at Ami who was smirking at her. Great, though Amu.

"I am meeting up with Rima and Yaya! And my boyfriend has a name father! It's Tadase Hotori-kun! He's walking to school with Kukai and Nagihiko!", Amu explained trying to calm her father down. He had never been good to except the fact that Amu had boyfriend. Her mother on the other hand had considered the two 'dating' when they had been Guardians together.

"I got to go, or I'll be late! Rima will hate me for it! And Yaya will throw a fit!", Amu said ruffling Ami's hair, kissing her dad on the cheek, and running out the door. Amu ran down the street. Her footsteps made a thud thud sound. As she ran down the street she was in thoughts of Ikuto. He had once stayed at her house when he was sick. She had seen a different side of Ikuto then. A different side...

She knew he was probably enjoying going around the world. That was him. He loved being free. Completely free. It was him. That was who he was. He was always teasing her, but still. He had told he had loved her, kissed her on the cheek, and then had left. After that she had gotten together with Tadase about a year later without hesitation. She loved Tadase didn't she? Besides. Ikuto was gone and was never coming back.

"Amu-chan!", Ran called out suddenly. Amu turned around, just in time to slip on a puddle. She fell, closing her eyes, waiting to hear the crack of her head hitting the ground. Warm arms suddenly caught her, stopping her fall. In her surprise she opened on of her eyes to see her rescuer. She gasped. There, staring at her were big, dark blue eyes. She caught a glimpse dark blue hair, and black pointy ears.

"Ikuto."