Summary: "Awesome!" He hollered. "A Ouija Board!" A 'we-jee' board? "A what board?" Ikuto asked, looking over Kukai's shoulder. We all crowded around him to see the item better. "It's this weird thing that people use to communicate with spirits from 'the other side.'" RimaHiko

Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara! in any way.

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Chapter 1: Just the Beginning

I looked at Utau.

Utau looked at Kukai.

Kukai looked at Amu.

Amu looked at Ikuto.

Ikuto looked at me.

And we all looked absolutely bored.

Yup. Something that no one would ever expect for us to be.

We are populars. We don't do bored.

Until today.

"Rima, you were the one who was supposed to choose what to do," Ikuto complained while petting Amu's hair in a loving and protective way, her head on his lap.

They were voted the school's "Most Successful Couple" just last week.

Especially since Ikuto's hair was blue and Amu's was pink, that gave them about ten points on the school's rating system. The fact that Ikuto was older and taller gave them even more points. Then, with the teasingly-protective type and caring-yet-stubborn type, the votes and points just skyrocketed!

Utau and Kukai were something different. They weren't exactly dating, but they weren't not dating either.

Utau needed a bodyguard because her parents didn't approve of her previous one.

As to why they didn't is classified information.

The Hoshina-Tsukiyomis and Soumas were close family friends, so that's how Utau met Kukai.

They have various competitions from time to time, but they're your average frienemies.

Also, they were voted "Most Likely to Become a Couple."

As for me, you ask?

Well, just don't, okay?

I have no boyfriend.

That's right. You heard me.

I.

Have.

No.

Boyfriend.

I'm perfectly fine with it, too.

But it'd sure be nice to have someone help me outta this situation right now.

"Well, I would've had more time, but I was studying for Superstition Class."

Yes, there is such thing.

Do you dare disagree?

No?

Good.

Because it seriously does exist in my school.

Utau scoffed.

"'Studying?' Yeah. Nice lie, Riri, but none of us own the textbooks," Utau pointed out.

"Thanks. I practiced it at home," I replied, turning to my side, messing with the carpeted floor.

Every one of us had to choose the activity each week.

Last week was movies.

The week before was ice skating.

Oh, and did I mention that this is always a contest to see who can pick the best hangouts?

I've always won and I always will.

I never lose.

"So, what now, Mashiro Killjoy?"

Okay, now that is it.

"You know what?" I started, getting up. Everyone looked up at me. "We're going to the Sanjo-Ichinomiya's house to study so I can get you all to just shut up."

Yeah… that did the trick.

So, I got up and started walking towards the place, wondering what the hell we could possibly do when we get there.

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Kairi's POV

"Nii-san, are you sure that you didn't just make a mistake? Because we could always return this back right now and get another book. It's only a-"

"Shut up, Hikaru!" I ordered my younger half-brother.

Ichinomiya Hikaru was only twelve years old and he's in Sophomore Year. Sophomore year.

He may be the baby of the class, but he's tied with me for smartest.

Our elective this year was Superstition class, but not by our own choice.

You wanna know how?

Well, let's leave it at this: the Populars don't own textbooks and they thought Superstition class was easy.

Keyword: thought.

Oh, and let's not forget the fact that Principal Chikara will do almost anything to raise the perfect child.

Why do you think the Populars are even attending this sorry school?

"Who's older?" I asked, reminding Hikaru who the superior was in this situation.

"You," he mumbled.

"And who knows more about where we are and what we're doing?"

"You," he replied, rolling his eyes at me.

"Good," I praised, patting his head. He slapped my hand away. "I've taught you so well."

"It's 'I tau-,"

"Silence!" I ordered. Hikaru immediately shut up, but had no real emotion.

"Only if you exchange the book for a better reference." Yeah, he wasn't quiet for long.

"Ugh, fine!" I complained, grabbing a purple-brown book from the table and slipped my jacket back on. "But you better come with me so I don't hear you complaining again." I grabbed his wrist and started walking towards the Seiyo Private Library.

"But that's not…" I heard Hikaru trail off as I slammed the door and headed for that damned place.

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Rima's POV

I threw the key up in the air and caught it and slipped it into the keyhole of the Sanjo-Ichinomiya household.

Turning the key, we all entered.

The house was a simple duplex, but one side was all fancy-ized while the other was all tradition-like.

I kinda 'borrowed' it from the principal's office, but he wouldn't really care as long as it's me who's the one borrowing.

I walked in further and look at everything around here.

A clock. A tea table. A… what the hell is that?

It was an odd purple and blue box that had the words 'Ouija' on it.

It didn't look too creepy, but definitely like nothing I've seen before.

'Uh-wee-jah' board?

Kukai pushed past me and picked up the odd box.

"Awesome!" He hollered. "A Ouija Board!"

A 'we-jee' board?

"A what board?" Ikuto asked, looking over Kukai's shoulder. We all crowded around him to see the item better.

"It's this weird thing that people use to communicate with spirits from 'the other side.'"

I think Kukai was trying to scare Utau.

It worked, seeing as she shivered in fear.

But she elbowed him in the gut, earning a 'damn you.'

"So, how exactly does it work?" Amu and I asked in unison.

You know, sometimes, it's as if Amu and I were meant to be sisters.

Whenever we go to places, we end up wearing similar things and saying the same things at the same time.

Not to mention thinking of things at the same time, too.

"You guys wanna use it?" Utau asked, a little unsure.

"Why? You scared?" Ikuto teased. His usual smirked played upon is perfect lips.

There were only four people who knew how to break Utau.

And the four people were in this room.

"I-I'm not scared!" She denied. "I'm just-"

"Afraid?"Kukai suggested.

"Fearful?" Amu asked.

"A chicken?" I suggested.

"ENOUGH!" Utau demanded.

Everyone fell into silence as she yanked the thing from Kukai.

She put her hands on her hips and spoke.

"If you guys wanna use it so much, then set up the stupid thing and we'll play!" She called, throwing it at Ikuto.

He caught it with ease.

I'm gonna go get a snack first. I'll be back when you're done setting it up." She stormed off in a tsundere kind of way.

When she slammed the door, we looked at each other, sat down on the floor and looked at the cover.

That one word seemed so mysterious. What would this thing reveal?

There were so many things that I wanted to know.

Ikuto removed the cover to reveal a nice, black and white board.

There were letters which went from A – M on top and N – Z on the bottom.

There was a 'yes,' 'no,' sun, moon, numbers that went from 0 – 9, and the word 'goodbye' on the bottom.

How the heck does this thing work?

Amu took the board out of the box and Kukai placed the… whatever it's called on the board.

"What the hell is that thing?" Amu asked, basically speaking what I was thinking.

"It's called a planchette. It's one of the most important tools in the game."

I stared at the board, wondering what kind of superstition this thing held.

Well, at least it's better that spending our day doing nothing.

"So, what now?" Amu asked, looking at it blankly. Her hands were the only thing propping her up.

"Well, let's start it up first then get a snack and come back later. It takes a while for the spirit to actually come," he explained.

She rolled her eyes and said, "whatever."

Ikuto just played with her hair.

Kukai put it in the middle, and was about to put his fingers on the edge until he stopped.

Why was he hesitating? Did some 'spirit' control him all of a sudden or something?

"What's wrong, Kukai?" I asked, actually caring a little. He seemed nervous.

"You know, if there really is a spirit in here already and we start it, it could get off the board or go backward through the letters or go to all four corners while we're gone, so let's just start it after we all get a snack, okay?" He asked.

Without a response, we all got up and headed for the kitchen to get a snack as well.

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Saaya's POV

I looked in through the window.

Ah, hah! These so-called 'populars' are not only trespassers, but they're also stealers!

They broke into the Sanjo-Ichinomiya household, eating their food!

But I couldn't help but wonder what the hell they could be doing in there…

"Oi, Saaya-ch-"

"You shut up," I ordered my fraternal twin sister, Yaya.

Yaya and I were adopted twins by the Yamabukis. I chose to take their surname, but Yaya wanted to be 'faithful.'

I don't know why she even bothered with keeping the name Yuiki Yaya. Our parents dumped us in front of this old pet shop on the other side of town.

How could our parents be so cruel?

"Wah!" Yaya cried. "Yaya-chi was just wondering why Saaya-chi wanted to come here so bad."

Actually, I can here to steal what's-his-face's homework, but then I found them breaking in.

This is so much better than getting homework done!

From where I was watching, I couldn't get a good view of the five of them, so I went around the house.

Only mid way did I forget about Yaya, but she'll be fine by herself. She acts too young to be working on this kind of stuff.

Finally, I found this open window and tiptoed into the Sanjo part of the duplex and landed on something hard.

Apparently, there was a game board cover stuck to my face, so I pried it off with two hands.

It felt slightly smooth, yet a bit rough at the same time. I flipped it over and read 'Ou-wee-juh.'

What the hell is an 'Ouija?'

I looked at the board before my feet and saw something black and white along with a wooden thingy.

It had letters, numbers, 'goodbye,' 'yes' and 'no.'

What kind of game is this? Did they set it up, knowing that I was coming?

I wouldn't be surprised if they did. They are pretty smart…

Nonetheless, I crossed my gorgeous legs and sat on the floor and noticed a piece of paper with writings on it and only paid attention to the first line that was on the paper.

"Say 'is there anyone there who would like to communicate with me?' What a stupid-"

I was immediately taken aback when I saw the thingy on the board slowly move towards what I believed to be 'yes,' and went back, but something was weird.

It was going over the alphabet backwards.

Is it supposed to do that?

"Y-Yaya?" I called, looking outside of the window, hoping that my sister was just pulling a prank on me.

Of course, I couldn't hear her at all.

This has got to be a dream.

I think I remember now. Yusanabu-sensei warned us about that.

It was pronounced 'wee-jee.' It was a device used to contact spirits, but we should never use it alone. There are a couple things that can release the spirit:

If it goes backwards over the alphabet or numbers;

If it goes to all four corners; or

If the planchette falls off of the board.

"I'm gonna die…" I whispered, getting up from my seat, but I felt something grab my shoulder tightly as I turned around and screamed for the last time.

Rima's POV

Kukai, Ikuto, Amu, Utau and I looked at the room.

It seemed as if no one was here, but I can still smell Saaya's perfume.

Did she follow us again?

That little creep! I can't wait to get my hands on her!

"Okay, le-"

"Wait!" Kukai exclaimed. Utau rolled her eyes.

"What?"

"Did the board look like that when we left it?" He asked, pointing at the board. We all shrugged.

"Who knows," Ikuto started.

"Who cares," Amu added, yawning.

"Don't worry about it," I finished, sitting down just like everyone else.

"Now, it's time to play."

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Amakarai: Yeah, this is a new one and I really wanted to put this idea up before anyone else, so…

Ikuto: So Amu and I are already dating, right?

Amakarai: Yup!

Amu: -sweatdrop- I honestly don't know how I fell for you…

Rima: Wait… where's Nagihiko?!

Nagihiko: Aww… you care. And why am I not in the story yet?

Amakarai: You will in the next chapter. I'm planning on updating this every two weeks because of 'Chained,' which is still unfinished (and which is updated every week), but I'll post up the next chapter soon! Ja ne~!