Shugo Chara, A New Time
(Disclaimer: I do not, own Shugo Chara… Thank you very much; it belongs to Peach-Pit.)
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Inner voices
'X eggs talking'
(Me talking, but I won't do it very often, hardly ever…)
Guardian Characters talking, such as Ringo, Gin, ect.
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Flash backs/ memories
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"Himeka! You better get down here unless you want to be late again!" a voice called, waking the blonde haired girl from her sleep.
"S...Sorry Mama!" she replied, lifting the blue blankets that covered her in a rush, jumping to her feet and grabbing her school uniform.
She quickly put her uniform on, a small frown on her face as she dragged a brush through her blonde hair, looking at her reflection in the mirror in front of her. The long blonde hair that covered her head reached down to her mid back, a pair of golden colored eyes stared back at her; she had gotten her odd looks from her mother and father, who had met each other when they were the same age she was.
Next she grabbed a small hair clip, pinning back one side of her bangs to the side of her face, so that they wouldn't get into her way while she was running. The blonde opened one of the small boxes that sat near her, grabbing the locket that sat inside; she ran her fingers over the four leaf clover decoration that was on top of the locket. Her mother had given it to her when she was young.
"What was it Mama called you? The… Humpty Lock, wasn't it?" she muttered, a small smile on her face as she placed it carefully around her neck, taking in a deep breath before exiting the small room that she called her own, walking down the stairs.
"Hime-chan, I'll see you when you get back from school. A couple of my friends are coming over, so I want you to be home right after school." Himeka turned her head, looking at the pink haired female who was her mother. "Hai, and will Father be home?" she asked, earning a nod of the head. "All right! I'm leaving then!" Himeka called, running out the door without another word.
Amu shook her head, a smile on her face as she watched her daughter run out of the house. She remembered when she was that age, when she had gained the Humpty Lock herself and met Tadase, whom was now her husband. She would never have dreamed that the 'Prince' she had a crush on from elementary school would be the person she would be with for the rest of her life. Shaking her head, the pink haired woman let out a small sigh, going back into the kitchen to get things done.
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Himeka shifted her weight from one foot to another, chewing on her bottom lip as she waited outside the door to the classroom, waiting for the teacher to tell her to come in.
"Miss Hotori, please come inside," a voice called from inside the room.
She slowly opened the door, sliding it until she could step inside, shutting the door without a word as she walked to where the teacher was, her hand were gripping onto her shirt, a small pink blush on her cheeks as she knew the entire class was staring at her, waiting for her to speak. "H…hello everyone. My name is... H...Himeka Hotori, and I hope to get along with you all very well," she stated, not daring to look up at the class, her gaze locked down on the ground.
"Very well Miss Hotori, please take the empty window seat there," the teacher instructed, pointing to the only empty seat in the class. She quickly walked to the seat, sitting down and glancing out the window, her teeth still clamped down on top of her bottom lip. At least she hadn't tripped while she was walking to her seat, like she had at her last school…
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Himeka Hotori opened the door to her home, letting out a small sound of surprise as she was greeted by seven people, plus her mother and father all standing around and talking. Though the moment she had opened the door it had gotten silent, a sudden outburst of her dad was the first to penetrate the room. "Did you have a first day of school, Himeka?" her dad's voice asked, her gaze traveling to the blonde man as he spoke.
"W…well, sort of…" she replied, feeling awkward in a room of people she didn't know.
"I want you to meet Nadeshiko Fujisaki, Rima Mashiro, Yaya Yuiki and Kairi Sanjou," Amu said, pointing to each person as she said their name.
Himeka's golden gaze passed over all of them, stopping for a couple seconds to memorize their faces and names, before finally turning to the last person in the room, his bright orange hair being a dead giveaway. "It's nice to see you again, Souma-san," she stated, bowing to the people in the room, only to trip over her own feet and land flat on her face.
She closed her eyes as laughter rang through the room, and, pushing herself off of the ground with her hands as she stood up, bit down on the inside of her cheek so she wouldn't start crying, "I..I'll be in my room if you need me, M..Mama" she muttered, not caring if her mother didn't hear her as she ran up stairs, shutting her door behind her as she buried her face into the blue pillow that sat on her bed. "Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!" she chanted, though it was muffled by the pillow she was laying on.
The blonde haired teen sat up, bringing up her arms to brush away the tears that were on her face, "P...please, I wish…" she muttered, not really knowing who she was talking to, "I wish… I wish I had a different character, I wish I wasn't who I am now, please, please, help me become my true character, the one I know that is hidden deep inside of me..." she finished, her hands resting on the locket around her neck, her eyes closed tightly as she chanted what she had just said over and over in her head, hoping that somehow it would come true.
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A small scruff of blonde hair stuck up from under the blanket, which was pushed off of the bed in a matter of seconds. She let a yawn escape her mouth, her hands going to her eyes to rub the sleep from them, blinking a couple times as the light hit her eyes.
She sat up, looking down at what she was wearing; she had forgotten to change into her night clothes, so she was still in her school uniform…. Three small eggs sat next to her, the first was a dark purple color, and it had circles winding around the egg, which were a lighter purple color. The second was a bright orange egg, which had white covering it in random places, and then the last one was a soft silver color, which had something that looked like odd writing around it in a gold color.
Himeka looked down at the three different colored eggs, her eyes widening as she stared down at them, taking in a couple breaths and pinching herself lightly, trying to see if she was still asleep. But it was no use; they were still there, whose stupid eggs, "W…where did they come from? I can't lay eggs, can I…?" she asked herself, her face paling at the thought of laying eggs.
"No, no, no, no, that's stupid! I can't lay eggs!" she answered, picking up the orange egg and setting it down in her hands, jumping as it moved a little then settled down. 'I can't just leave them here, what if they hatch and Mama finds them?' The thought passed through her head, she nodded, agreeing with her thoughts as she picked up the other two eggs, grabbing the pink and white scarf that sat by her bed, stuffing it into her school pack and closing the top.
Standing up with little to no grace she walked out the door, not bothering to say hello to her mother, who wasn't around at the moment as she slipped her shoes on. "I'm leaving," she called, her voice echoing though the house, showing that there wasn't any one home.
She headed outside, walking down the street, trying to figure out where the eggs would have come from.
Seconds later she crashed into someone, falling backwards onto the ground as she grabbed onto her pack before it crashed onto the hard ground. "Sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was going," a male's voice stated; her eyes traveled upwards, looking at the brown haired teen that stood in front of her a worried look on her face. "W…who are you?" she asked, blinked a couple times as she looked at the hand in front of her.
Her face turned a bright red, as she took the hand that was offered, standing up and dusting off her clothes... "I'm Kazuki Akiko, and, you aren't hurt are you?" he asked, thought Himeka was busy trying to figure out who he was, so she didn't catch all of what he had said.
"I…I'm not… hurt, am I?" she repeated, not realizing what she had said before a couple seconds went by.
'No, I said something stupid; please let me know what to say!' she thought, closing her eyes tightly as Kazuki didn't say anything. Don't worry Himeka-chan! I'll change you from a girl who is shy to speak her mind, to a girl who knows just what to say! Character Change! A voice in her head chimed, giving her a couple seconds to spare as she felt an odd feeling taking over her.
The clip in her hair turned into an orange colored apple clip, though this went un-noticed by Himeka, it didn't by the brown haired boy. "Nice to meet you, Kazuki-kun, I'm Himeka Hotori, thanks for helping me up!" she stated, her voice loud and clear as she spoke, earning an odd look from Kazuki.
"I see, sorry for bumping into you," he replied. 'Himeka' let out a soft giggle, tipping her head to the side slightly.
"Don't worry about it, Kazuki-kun, I'm not broken, so every things just fine!" she said, a wide grin on her features.
"All right, I guess I'll see around then, Hotori-san," Kazuki stated, waving slightly until he turned around the corner. Himeka's face paled, the grin turning into a frown as she looked around. "W…what was that?! I don't talk like that!" she whispered, a mad tone in her voice.
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Himeka let out a small sigh, her head racing with thoughts about what had happened from before as she looked out the window. She turned to look at the girl in front of her, tapping her on the shoulder lightly, "U...um, do you know who Kazuki Akiko is?" she asked, hoping that she didn't sound as stupid as she felt.
"Akiko-sama?! He's the King of the Guardians!" the girl stated, whipping around and staring at Himeka, an odd glint in her eyes.
"What is... a Guardian?" Himeka asked, choosing her words carefully, not wanting to insult this 'Akiko-sama' and make the girl mad at her…
"Who are the Guardians? The student council of Seiyo Elementary! They handle document arranging, speeches, and other things as well. They all wear this royal cape over their school uniform, it's blue for guys and red for girls, the even have a royal garden were they drink tea. Oh, I hope I'm chosen to be a Guardian this year!" the girl rambled; Himeka wished she had never asked at this point, though she was glad she knew a little bit more about Seiyo Elementary.
"T…thank you for telling me," Himeka stated, only earning a nod from the girl in front of her, who had gone back to talking with another girl beside her. 'King of the Guardian's, eh?' she thought, her gaze going back to the window.
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Kazuki looked at the blonde haired girl, Himeka Hotori, as she walked out of the school, the other members of the Guardians standing next to him. "Hey Zuki-Zuki, is that Himeka Hotori, she's the one right?" the ace of the group asked, a wide smile on her face as she looked at the girl.
"Yes, she has Charas, but they are still eggs," he replied, looking over at the brown haired girl who stood at his side; her long brown haired was tied up into a bun, her lips pressed tightly as she looked down at the girl.
"She has three Charas..." she stated, earning surprised looks from the ace. "Really? Three, didn't the last Joker have three?" the ace asked, her eyes widening as she looked down at the girl.
A black egg flew past the four, drawing every ones attention to it. "Come on, we need to draw it away from everyone else!" the ace shouted, running towards the X egg with the other three behind her.
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Himeka let out a sigh. Walking through the park to get home was a lot shorter and plus, now she could think about everything that had happened in the past while. She reached into her pack, pulling out the orange egg, holding it in her hands with a small smile, even if she didn't know what was going on in her life, at least she had met Kazuki…
Her eyes widened as a black egg flew in front of her, the words 'Useless, useless, useless, I'm just useless,' it chimed, cracking open, showing a shadow covered Chara, with a big red X on its head; she covered her ears, though the words kept popping into her head, the orange egg floated up into the air, an odd shine around it as it bounced up and down in the air.
A loud cracking sound rang through the area as the orange egg split open, revealing an orange haired small Chara. Its short orange hair had white strips in it, the outfit it wore was… different. It was a pink and white fluffy dress, and its sleeves went down to the Chara's wrists, then the bottom of the dress went below her knees, a pair of white shoes covered the Chara's feet.
"W...who are you?" Himeka asked, looking from the Chara to the X Chara, which had flown away a couple yards, shooting odd black colored mist at things, and as they hit the items the mist had made holes in them.
"I'm Ringo! Of course, who do you think helped you out before? But any way, now isn't the time for that, we need to do a Character Transformation!" the orange haired Chara, now known as Ringo stated, putting her hands over her hips.
"H...how do I…?" Himeka asked.
Ringo giggled pointing to the locket around Himeka's neck. "Don't worry, the words will come to you!" Ringo replied, a bright orange light surrounded the two. As it disappeared Himeka was in a pink, red and white Lolita dress, having it stop a couple inches before her knees, while it was short sleeved. Her hair had been put into curls, so blonde curls covered her shoulders, along with the orange apple shaped clip that was in her hair. "Character Transformation: Amulet Apple!"
"How did I do that?" she asked, waving her arms back and forth, looking around for the little orange Chara.
He he! You did it because you believed in yourself! And you wished to change your Character with all your heart! Ringo's voice stated in her head, Himeka nodded, closing her eyes and taking a couple breathes, trying to calm down.
"Now! Let's find that X Chara!" she called, punching her fist into the air with a grin, suddenly feeling like a different person.
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"Kazuki, we can't get close enough to destroy it, what do we do?" the ace of the Guardian's asked, a staff in her hand; the staff looked like it was made of ice, having a snow flake on the top.
"Fumiko, just do what you can!" Kazuki called back, blocking the black mist from hitting with the golden shield he held, a silver sword in the other hand.
Fumiko let out a scream, as some of the mist hit her, knocking her back into a tree.
"Fumiko! Izumi, go check on Fumiko!" he called, earning a nod from the brown haired girl who stood beside him earlier. "Live, Life, Love, Heath Check Up," Izumi muttered, a white doctor's kit appearing in her hands.
'This X Chara is stronger than the ones before and with Ryuru not here we don't have anyone to do a direct attack,' Kazuki thought, frowning as he lifted the shield in front of him, blocking more of the black mist.
"Have no fear! Amulet Apple is here!" Himeka, err, Amulet Apple called, jumping down in front of Izumi. "Magic Staff!" she called, raising her hand into the air, and a white and pink staff appeared in her hands, a glowing orange gem on top of it. She quickly jumped again, landing in front of Kazuki a grin on her face as she pointed towards the X Chara with her staff. "Magic Protection!" she yelled, and an orange light blocking the mist from hitting her and the other Guardian's.
'No one ever does anything I ask! Do they not love me? Do they not care that it's my birthday? They don't care... They don't care about me!' the X Chara's voice ran through her head, earning a glare from the blonde girl.
"Stop being stupid!" Amulet Apple called, stopping the X egg in its tracks as it turned to look at her, "Of course people care, they just don't know how to show it all the time! You can't blame them for forgetting something; every one forgets something important once and a while, right?" she asked.
Himeka put her hands over the Humpty Lock in the same fashion her mother had when she was younger, making a heart shape with her fingers "Negative Heart," she called, pushing her hands forward but keeping them in the same place, "Lock on!" her golden eyes widening as a orange light in the shape of a heart came out of the locket, hitting the X Chara as the light flashed, "Open Heart!" she finished saying the words as they popped into her head. A flash of light covered the area, keeping the other Guardian's from seeing what was happening. The red X cracked, braking open and slowly disappearing from the Chara's head.
The shadow around the Chara disappeared, leaving a brightly dressed blonde haired Chara in its place. "Thank you, Himeka-san for helping me," the Chara stated, glancing in a different direction, "but it's not my time to shine yet, so I'll see you again hopefully," the Chara said, smiling softly before a white egg appeared around the Chara, which disappeared a couple seconds later.
Amulet Apple's clothing disappeared, leaving Himeka, whom was still in her school outfit standing there, a small smile on her face. Ringo sat on her shoulder with a grin, letting out a soft giggle, "I knew we could do it Himeka-chan!" she stated, tugging on a strand of the blonde hair.
"Ah, Hotori-san, that was wonderful," Kazuki stated, the sword and shield that were in his hands before disappearing.
"It was kind of good, Hotori," Izumi stated, walking up to Kazuki with Fumiko on her back, who was apparently too tired to walk…
"Very good, Hime-Hime," the ace corrected.
Himeka turned to the three, nodding slightly as a small blush covered her cheeks. "T…thanks, even though I had no idea what I was doing most of the time," she replied, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly.
A pair of purple eyes watched the four from a tree top, his eyes narrowing at the blonde girl. "Heh, Himeka Hotori, eh?" he muttered, disappearing with a snap of his fingers.
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Himeka jumped down on her bed, lying back onto the bed as she looked up at the ceiling. "H…hey Ringo, when do you thing the other two eggs will be born?" she asked, remembering all the info that she had read in the book that Kazuki had showed her, which looked oddly like a children's book…
"I'm not sure, Himeka-chan, but they'll be born when they're ready," Ringo stated, punching her fist into the air with a grin. She sat down on the small bed-like thing that Himeka had made for her, looking over at the two eggs that sat a little away from her.
"Good night, Ringo…" Himeka muttered, letting out a yawn as she fell asleep, the memories of what had happened that day still in her head.