So I decided to try my hand at writing a short shugo chara story. It's gonna be a short one about Ikuto and Yoru; nothing too fancy. Disclaimer: I don't own shugo chara. Please read, review, and enjoy.

I don't like cats

I actually don't like cats. Never really have, and never really will. I don't hate them; I just acknowledge their existence and move on. I don't know why everyone thinks that I like cats. Actually, I think the reason they think that is because they say I act like a cat.

I hate it when everyone makes all those cat references. Tadase calls me the black cat of misfortune, Amu says I'm a perverted cat, Tsukasa thinks I'm a lost cat, and there's several more. Amu also makes fun of me because of the way I act apparently; she's always making cat jokes about me. It drives me insane! I'm not a cat; how many times must I say it?

Ok, I do like to take naps a lot and wander wherever I please and occasionally grow really curious, but that doesn't make me a cat person. The napping is because I'm always working and never seem to get a break so I'm always tired. As for the wandering, I just don't like staying in one place. Also I'm trying to hide from my "father." There's also my liking for taiyaki and eating it by the tail.

But I think the main reason is because of the cat ears and tail that always appear out of nowhere. This is most likely because of my shugo chara. Yoru looks like a cat; I'm not going to lie. He has ears, a tail, paws for hands, and says nya a lot. Yeah I know, a shugo chara is supposed to reflect a person's would be self, but that doesn't mean that I want to be a cat.

Let me explain. While I was traveling through Europe with Tsukasa, I kept seeing all these stray cats. They would just roam around, doing whatever they wanted. At that particular time in my life, I thought it'd be real nice to just wander around, free to do whatever I wanted.

Then as you probably guessed, my longing to be free created Yoru. Once he was born, he kept going on and on about wanting to be a free alley cat. That's not what I had intended; I just wanted to be free. Maybe I should have looked at a bird and things might have turned out differently.

What's worse is that Tsukasa began making all these cat references when I'm around. He tickles my ears, which are sensitive by the way, with string or some random weed he finds and my cat ears pop out unconsciously. As soon as the ears and tail come out, I feel all hyper begin playing with anything that moves. It's not my fault! I don't know what comes over me to make me want to act like that. I think Tsukasa does it on purpose just to make me mad.

Bottom line is I'm not a cat. I don't want to be one and no matter what personality my shugo chara has, I will not be like a cat. Ever. All this talking has made me tired. I think I'm gonna go take a nap...

I have no idea how long I've been asleep. Oh well...I really don't care because it was a good nap. It looks like it's about 7 or something Judging by the sinking sun. well, another day that I spent sleeping and not doing what the old man wants. I'd say that I accomplished a lot today.

"Hey, Ikuto! I'm bored-nya!" Here we go again. I forgot to mention that Yoru is very hyperactive. I certainly don't want to be like that.

"That's nice; what do you want me to do about it?" I asked, letting out a yawn as I picked myself up off the bench I was sleeping on.

"Ikuto!" He wined, doing circles in the air. "I wanna do something-nya! Let's do something-nya! Let's play, play, play!" On a reflex, I flicked him on the forehead watched him spin through the air. "Ow! Ikuto, that hurt-nya!" He complained as he held his forehead where I had left a red mark.

"You're too loud." I replied, stretching out my arms. I was still tired even though I had been sleeping for hours. Now what? I was in no hurry to go home, but it's a bit cold and I don't like the cold.

"You're so mean-nya!" Yoru cried.

This is a normal thing, just to let you know. He may be part of my heart, but he is just so annoying sometimes. Yoru is spontaneous and smug, I'll say that. Yet no matter how many times we have this love-hate exchange, he always remains at my side. Probably because he has no other choice to; he is my shugo chara after all.

"So what are we gonna do now-nya?" He asked as I stared up at the sky. Blue was seeping into the orange-streaked sky. The smog made everything look fake and dirty looking. Again, I couldn't see the stars through the smog of the city; a reason that I dislike living in the city. The only place where I can gaze at the stars is at the planetarium, but I'm not really in the mood for Tsukasa's cat references.

"Same thing we seem to do every night, Yoru." I said.

"And what would that be again-nya?" Yoru cocked his head to the side curiously and

ran his paw over his ear.

"Wander around aimlessly in search of something interesting…" I gave this response half-heartedly. Suddenly, my stomach growled. Maybe I should go get something to eat. "Or maybe we should find something to eat…"

"Food-nya!" I watched him fly through the air in a fit of happiness. Well that made Yoru happy. I guess we're gonna go look for some food then.

"Alright then, what should we get?" I picked up my violin case and stretched out my legs.

"Taiyaki-nya!" Figures. If it's not fish or catnip, Yoru's most favorite thing is taiyaki.

"Sure-"

"Meow!"

I froze in mid step, letting the sudden sound sink in. at first I thought it was just an echo from some memory in the past. I mean, come on, I hear meows all the time. But this one was closer, much closer; almost as if it was right behind me. Slowly, as if I was a robot, I turned towards the sound.

"Meow!" My eyes snapped downwards as the sound came from under the bench. I was sure now that the sound was real and that I wasn't having some hunger-induced hallucination. I crouched down and peered under the bench through the dark. A pair of golden eyes appeared out of the darkness. Upon further inspection, I saw that the eyes were attached to a furry face that was as black as soot.

"Meow!" A soft pink mouth with milk white teeth flashed under the glowing orbs.

"Oh no…" I muttered rolling my eyes.

So? Any thoughts? Was it good? Was it horrible? Was it something that should be burned at the stake? Please, someone tell me!