I walked curiously through a forest. Not quite sure how or why I got here. It was all so sudden, like a big blur. Hearing my name being chanted quietly, I stopped and slowly approached the direction of the voice. Suddenly, the voice grew angry and began yelling my name. So, like any person in their right mind, I ran in the other direction. Unfortunately, the voice echoed all around me, confusing me. I felt a harsh tug on my ankles, as if someone had taken hold and pulled with all their might. As I fell, I was blinded by a rapidly approaching light, followed quickly by my nose smashing into the wooden floor of my bedroom. I sat up, shouting and cradling my nose.

"Oh shut up. It serves you right." I heard the indignant voice of my 20-year-old sister behind me. Turning around, I decided that I was right when I caught sight of her long, wavy blonde hair and stern dark blue eyes. "Now, get up. It's time for school." She exited my room before I could retort so I settled for an icy glare at her back.

I stood and collapsed on my bed again, poking my nose in various spots to make sure it hadn't broken from Yuka's hardcore rousing methods. Concluding that it hadn't been broken, I sat up once more and stretched. "That looked like an especially rough bump today." A small young man floated into my field of vision and looked at my nose, half-concerned and half-amused.

I couldn't help but crack a smile as I took a swat at him as if he were a fly. "Shut up, Huang." My fingertips barely grazed his long leather jacket and his skin-tight black shirt beneath before he dodged, stealing a poke at my nose. I flinched at the pain. Even a Shugo Chara's touch hurts.

I dramatically waddled to the bathroom down the hall and brushed my long black hair and washed my face. My younger twin sisters, Mari and Maya, soon joined me in the tiny bathroom. They only stayed long enough to sleepily brush their teeth and freshen themselves up. Before they left, as usual, I was forced to sit both of them down on the floor in front of the toilet where I sat, brushing out and tucking barrettes into their light brown hair.

I returned to my bedroom and dressed into my middle school uniform. After eating a quick breakfast, I returned once more to snatch up my school bag and sling my guitar case onto my back. I tucked Huang's and the still-sleeping Alice's egg into my bag gently. Huang's egg was black with what looked like white paint splatters dotted all over it. Alice's egg was a dark gray with a black broken heart with one angel wing and another mechanical looking wing extending from it. Adorning the top and bottom of her egg was white torn lace.

Huang flipped his messy black hair out of his dark green eyes and returned lazily to his egg. I rushed downstairs and ran out of the house with Mari and Maya at my sides, waving goodbye to Yuka who was busy holding my sleeping youngest sister, Sayuri.

We reached Seiyo Academy just before the bell rang. Mari and Maya waved and ran inside the gates to all their friends. I waited at the gates for only a few moments before I heard a familiar voice. "Hey! Hitomi!" I turned and saw my best friend, Kukai Souma running towards me. He stopped and panted for a moment before speaking again. "I hope you weren't waiting long." He grinned and rubbed his head. I shook my head. "Actually, you have the most incredible timing I've ever seen." The two of us laughed, only to be cut off by the bell from Seiyo. Our eyes widened in shock before we made an amazing dash to our middle school. "Did I say the most incredible timing? Sorry, I meant the worst." We laughed as we ran towards our middle school.

The day had gone as it normally did. Long, boring, and, for the most part, pointless. As everyone was saying goodbye, I was washing my face in the water faucets that were placed outside the school for the athletes. While dabbing my face with my pink laced handkerchief, I watched Kukai and the rest of the soccer club jog their laps. Noticing my presence, Kukai ordered the others to continue on while he ran over to me and began jogging in place. "You…going home?" he panted. I nodded. "Ok, well….I'll see you later?" I nodded again, picking up my school bag. Kukai turned and began running back to the line.

"Kukai!" I shouted after him, remembering why I had hesitated to leave. He turned around and came back. "Masaya's birthday is next week right? I still haven't gotten him anything. Have you?" He stopped suddenly with wide eyes. "You forgot, didn't you?" I couldn't help my smirk. He nodded shortly and began groaning.

"Ohhh….What'll I do, Hitomi?!" He gritted his teeth and ruffled his hair, irritated. I giggled quietly and placed a hand on his sweat-matted hair. "Relax, how about you and I go shopping tomorrow for his presents?" He stopped and grinned at me, nodding vigorously. He ran back to his line, yelling excitedly. "Fight-o, Fight-o!"

I ran over to the gates of Seiyo. Thanks to that little ordeal with Kukai, I had been late to picking up Mari and Maya. They were waiting patiently and smiled when they saw me. On the way home, the two chatted cheerfully about their day, talking mostly about the "Guardians". What the heck were "Guardians" anyway?! Maybe I'll ask Kukai. After all, he went to Seiyo like Mari and Maya.

That night, I was lying in bed, my pig-covered pajama top bottoned only to my diaphragm. I was talking happily into the phone, Kukai on the other end, listening intently through laughs. "Hey, Kukai. My sister's keep blabbing on about some "Guardian" thing at Seiyo. Do you know what that is?"

After he had finished laughing at my stupidity, he explained that the Guardians were a group of students that organized the affairs of the student body. Could he really blame me for not knowing? I had only been here for a year. I never went to Seiyo.

We talked for another hour or so until Huang made me take note of the time. Midnight. Alice yawned silently and made her way back to her bed. After a quick 30 minute bass practice, I curled up under my covers and fell asleep, satisfied with the days events.